[TopJimmy]

I use the center jacking point to go all the way up with my jack. That’s not the issue here.

If you had wheels chocked (and I’m assuming you were in Park with parking brake set) then how did your car roll? When I use chocks i pick a wheel least likely to be lifted/moved/strained (a rear tire for a front center lift) and I put one chock in front of it and another behind the same tire.

What happened in your case? The chock should have worked, same with Park locking the trans, and the EPB being engaged…

[aremmell]

Originally Posted by TopJimmy

I use the center jacking point to go all the way up with my jack. That’s not the issue here.

If you had wheels chocked (and I’m assuming you were in Park with parking brake set) then how did your car roll? When I use chocks i pick a wheel least likely to be lifted/moved/strained (a rear tire for a front center lift) and I put one chock in front of it and another behind the same tire.

What happened in your case? The chock should have worked, same with Park locking the trans, and the EPB being engaged…

Don't ask me. The chock was firmly wedged in front of the one rear tire (but only one), it was in park and parking brake was set... I jacked it up on level concrete and didn't move anything. Maybe it's a POS jack (it's Chinese Home Depot Husky).

It seemed as if none of the things that should have kept the car from rolling forward did. Like I said, I've never seen it before in my life, but I have also never jacked a car up so that the jack's wheels are inline with the car's... perhaps I am exaggerating how much it was moving, since it couldn't have moved physically past where the chock was, at least not in a straight line... but it was rolling. The car and the jack, no me gusta.

[geko29]

Originally Posted by SwankPeRFection

Could have been worse. It could have been the 10mm. 😂 Maybe you’re going to start a new trend with the T30.

Someone would make a killing if they sold a 16 piece metric socket set that included the usual 12-24, plus three extra 10s

[M4ROLLIN20]

Originally Posted by aremmell

I was doing some work under the hood and dropped a magnetized Torx T30 bit into the depths of my engine bay. I am 99% sure I heard it ding when it hit the bottom panel underneath, but:

All I have here is a low-profile floor jack and 2 jack stands. I do not want to start the car just in case the tool is stuck somewhere that will jam something up.

I am considering trying to access the front jack pad position from the front of the vehicle if the jack will reach:

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I would chock the rear wheels and get it as high as felt comfortable doing from that position, then hope the damn thing just rolls out of the engine bay, or put jack stands on both sides and then get under there and go to work...

What would you do?

If I understood what you said correctly, as a tech, I would get a magnet pen and get busy.

[wavyyyy]

I left a bit I dropped in there. It is what it is.

[RsTyle]

Originally Posted by aremmell

Don't ask me. The chock was firmly wedged in front of the one rear tire (but only one), it was in park and parking brake was set... I jacked it up on level concrete and didn't move anything. Maybe it's a POS jack (it's Chinese Home Depot Husky).

It seemed as if none of the things that should have kept the car from rolling forward did. Like I said, I've never seen it before in my life, but I have also never jacked a car up so that the jack's wheels are inline with the car's... perhaps I am exaggerating how much it was moving, since it couldn't have moved physically past where the chock was, at least not in a straight line... but it was rolling. The car and the jack, no me gusta.

Are you sure the car moved as well? Did the car stopped moving once all 4 wheels are on ground?

When you lift the car from the center jack point, like you said, the jack is "inline" with the vehicle. When the lift is high, the jack need to move towards the car when you are jacking up (due to the way floor jacks are designed) and move backwards when being lowered. Maybe only the jack was moving and in a panic, you thought the car was moving as well?