<VV> Fwd: Jacking points rear end?

Wed Oct 25 06:29:33 EDT 2017

Frank brings up an interesting subject about front motor/trans mounts. I
remember this discussion back in the day (2000?). Can't see the problem, nor
did I ever have one.
By jacking at the bellhousing, you put the mounts in compression, not
tension.
...and Frank's right about rusty corvairs; place a jack or jackstand under
the triangular support, and you'd punch right thru it. BTDT.

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FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 11:06 PM
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Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd: Jacking points rear end?

For the first 25 years of working on Corvairs I always jacked up by the
bellhousing or differential area. Never did anyone local to me say anything
different.  Then I get on VV about 2000 and get told that can damage the
motor/transmission mounts. I never had a failed mount on my or customer cars
I could attribute to jacking them up that way.

I know people out west do not have this problem, but the
bellhousng/differential area is sometimes the only safe place to jack up the
rusty daily drivers I worked on back then. There was not enough
rocker/triangular area left to jack up AND  place jack stands in that
location!

Harry is out east here too! ggg  I'm sure he has worked on his share of
rusty rocker/triangle area cars.

Frank DuVal

On 10/24/2017 8:15 PM, BobHelt--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> outch
> Bob Helt
>   
>   
> In a message dated 10/24/2017 4:35:18 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, 
> virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:
>
> I've  ALWAYS jacked up the rear end via the  bellhousing.

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