<VV> Jacking

Ron ronh at owt.com
Sun Aug 27 14:35:04 EDT 2006


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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