<VV> Jacking

[Ron]

No, they are in tension and made to be used that way.  When jacked by the 
motor, the load is reversed and the mounts aren't designed for that.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Padgett" <pp2 at 6007.us>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Jacking


>I have always put a roll jack under the differential, but have been 
>severely chaistized that I'm ruining the motor/trans mounts. Can't see why. 
>You'd be putting the mounts (all three) in compression. They already are in 
>compression with the car just sitting there. Can someone explain to me why 
>this is wrong?
>
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Padgett" <pp2 at 6007.us>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Jacking
>
>
>>
>>>Those places in front of the rear wheels ARE the places that the factory
>>>recommended for jacking; they are reinforced; it's just that it takes a 
>>>lot of
>>>jacking to get the rear wheels off the ground, and when you step back, 
>>>you find
>>>  that the front wheels are in the air also.
>>
>> I have been using two hydraulic jacks one under each rear strut rod 
>> (ducking but was told not to use just one on the differential) as close 
>> as I can get to the outer kink and then use a pair of jackstands with a 
>> piece of 2x4 on each at the triangular areas the factory shows as jacking 
>> pads. Whether the front comes up depends on how much is in the trunk and 
>> how full the gas tank is. (half and half will keep my 66 nose on the 
>> ground).
>>
>> If someone has a better idea, I would like to hear it.
>>
>> Padgett
>>
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