hello first off let me say im not new to working on cars lol but i am new cars and especially pulling engines from front wheel drive cars.... i was wondering if people could post up a few pics of how the support the car while pulling the subframe with the motor and tranny. i have a spun rod bearing and need to pull the motor. so where is the best places to support the car....do i need to only lift front of car or should i lift it front and back etc..... and if theres a thread already explaining this please post it because i couldnt find much info......

 

i put the car on jack stands pretty low. then dropped my cradle onto a little cart i had laying around. i just hooked a cherry picker up to the front and picked the car over the motor so i could pull it out

 

You can use a cherry picker and just wrap the chain around the crash beam, lifting the entire front of the Car off of the subframe

 

cool thanks guys that seems to be pretty easy.........compared to putting car on stands and lowering the cradle......now by crash beam you you mean the upper radiator support or the steel piece behind the front bumper? I'm guessing its behind the bumper and by using that i would have to remove the front bumper........lol trying to do it as quick as possible so i can get the frame back on and the car rolled out of the garage for another project im hoping to start on soon....

 

i think thats what he meant yea.

the bumper is not hard to pull off its held in by a few bolts pretty much

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...-bumper-43672/

 

thanks guys for the responses.....i will remove it tonight i got everything unhooked ....... other than the ac pump....now is there a way to take the pump off and it stay charged.....now looks like three bolts hold it on towards the front of car.....other than those three bolts and belt is that all that needs to be removed? sure hope i can keep the system charged.... please let me know asap because tonight after work its coming out lol one way or another

 

i have had 3 motors in my car. i have yet to lose my a/c lol. i get a coat hanger and hang it out of the way on the frame

 

what'd you do about the front bumper on your Ion? I noticed mine attached to the fender with rivets so I never took it off

 

its not riveted. its actually clipped the rivet is to the plastic mount in there. motors on a carpet cart with a fancy rope to pull that bitch around

 

i could've sworn it was, I'll have to look closer

i should've went your route when i pulled my motor. i'm not looking forward to having to line up my engine and trans when it goes back in lol

 

its a pain out of the car and takes 2 people. idk which is worse, fighting out the top or dealing with this rusty ****

 

what's rust? never heard of it

 

all that is from 1 winter up here. the whole underside of the car looks like that

 

I need to put frame back on so I can roll car out of garage....should I leave tranny and axles in it when I roll it out on its own wheels?

 

wouldnt hurt anything