Can a lift arm be both asymmetrical and symmetrical? The lift I bought advertises that the lift arms can be either or. I haven’t noticed this until now but the description on the website says that the lift arms can be configured either way. I thought all 4 lift arms had to be equal length (or the ability to be) in order for it to be symmetrical
What it means is that you can use it either way. So you can pull the vehicle up to the mirrors and the front arms will be short and rear arms will extend out much further, or on a heavier vehicle you can pull it up to the B pillar and both arms will be similar in length. That’s what I was getting at with the advantage of a symmetrical lift. You can position the vehicle front to back on the lift giving you more options when you don’t have a lot of room to work around the vehicle. Plus you can lift the vehicle backed in which I find I do a lot. The big disadvantage of a symmetrical lift is on short wheelbase vehicles you have to roll the vehicle forward to get the arms under it and then back up to get the other arms under it.
