1100 lb Engine Support Bar, Transverse Hoist for Motor and Transmission Removal, 57-Inch Beam with Dual Adjustable Hooks

On most front-wheel-drive cars and a lot of transverse setups, the transmission will not come out until the engine is held up from above. The lower mount you need to unbolt is the same one holding the engine in place, so the second it comes loose the whole powertrain wants to sag onto the subframe. This support bar solves that. It lays across the engine bay, feet planted on the fender lips on each side, and the two threaded hooks take the load off the mounts so you can pull them and lower the transmission out the bottom on a jack.

The beam is thick double-wall steel rated to 1100 pounds, and it is wide, a full 57 inches, so it spans SUVs and light trucks, not just compact cars. The two support feet slide from 21 to 57 inches to match whatever the fender-to-fender width is on the car you are under, and each hook threads up and down through a range of about 8 inches, so you dial the engine height in slowly and precisely instead of shock-loading it. Two heavy chains with hooks link to the factory lift points, and everything is powder coated to shrug off the oil and grime that come with the job.

This is the tool that turns a transaxle R and R from a two-person balancing act into a one-person job. You crank the engine up a hair, unbolt the mount, and the bar just holds it there dead still while you work underneath. It is equally at home holding a motor up for a rear main seal or an oil pan as it is for a transmission pull. Ships from the USA.