Rotisserie Build Thread

[ZohanIsBack]

! I just figured it out, too. No worries. I'll have pics of the car on the rotisserie this weekend.

[ZohanIsBack]

Alright, finished up the build. Pretty excited how it turned out.

Drilled holes for attaching to the bumper mounts.

Here is the front stand with the bar attached for testing.

The 3/16" plate has to endure 800 pounds of torsion and shear stress. I wish I would have overrated to 1/4", but the solid bead all around should hold it pretty darn good.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Garage is such a mess I can hardly stand it (I'm a little OCD). Oh yeah....and the car rear is up. , I didn't extend the hoist legs enough (because the engine stand and hoist wouldn't fit there together), and I had to stand on the hoist to keep it from tipping over with the car on it.

A rear-end view...

A close up (errr....). Notice the stand vertical bar looks bent inward, but in fact the top half I welded on is straight up and down. The bottom half is bent back for better balance with an engine on.

$17 worth of mounting hardware... Worth it for the strength.

The perils which the hoist and operator hath endured whilst raising the fore of the vehicle shall not be mentioned. But yes, that is a car battery helping to weigh down the hoist, . The problem is the hoist legs don't fit under the car with the stand legs... Since the stand can't really move, the hoist has to.

Mildly sketchy, .

Edited February 4, 2013 by ZohanIsBack

[ZohanIsBack]

The results!

[jmortensen]

Looks like you've got plenty of height there. Congratulations on getting it done. Now you can show EVERY person that walks though the door and bathe in the sound of the stunned WTF's that result.

[geezer]

Looks like you've got plenty of height there. Congratulations on getting it done. Now you can show EVERY person that walks though the door and bathe in the sound of the stunned WTF's that result.

Yeah, ask them if they want to go for a spin!

:classic:Alright, good stuff, glad to see it finished. Looks great!

You can drill more holes through the heads to create more stop positions.

I find it easy to just drop the entire rear assembly from the car, leaving the front intact with wheels/tires. Then 2 guys can get the rear of the car up without a hoist. Once the rear is mounted on the rotisserie, the front is even easier but I guess thats only good if your intentions are to immediately completely tear it down.

Edited February 4, 2013 by geezer

[ZohanIsBack]

! Thanks guys! Yeah, more holes would be good for rotation, but I have 8, so that's a start. I don't want to eat metal away from the head too much. As far as the offset jmortensen mentioned, I forgot to do it, and so the car is a little top heavy, but nothing that can't be handled. When the suspension is pulled off, I will probably support each end with the hoist and turn the plates sideways/drill new holes for mounting to better balance it.

And yeah, the rear assembly is coming off, I just realize I could turn the car sideways and unbolt the rear end components piece by piece with a buddy and lift them off together, rather than groveling under the car.

[jmortensen]

Steve Parmley had another solution to that. He attached a post and added barbell weights to it to balance it out so that he never has to fight the weight. Just change the weight as needed.

Take your doors and hatch off too, before you spin it with something not totally latched shut...

[ZohanIsBack]

That is a fantastic idea... I even have a few hundred pounds worth of weights. On future cars, it could be used to balance their load as well. I like it.

Yeah, the doors need to come off, they are tied shut right now. , was too eager to get it on the rotisserie.