<VV> JACKING POINTS/Mount failure

[corvairs]

Let me tell you a particularly galling story - About 8 years ago we were 
having this same debate at a National Corsa convention and one 
individual, who will remain nameless, made the same claim oveand over 
again, but less than a year earlier had sent back 2 Steele rear motor 
mounts to me because of "defective failure".. He still claims he has 
never "had a failure" due to jacking up his Corvair at the differential 
- you you see, it's a hopeless discussion. Lon

Harry Yarnell wrote:

> I have always jacked at the belly of the differential. Never had a 
> problem.
>
>
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:41 PM
> Subject: <VV> JACKING POINTS/Mount failure
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>> Hank,
>>
>> The motor mount failures that come to my mind can (many anyway) be 
>> traced to jacking on the skid plate area.  Your method may be 
>> spreading the load enough to avoid the problem.  I'm just not willing 
>> to test it myself.  I doubt that the length of time so supported has 
>> a great deal to do with the (potential) adverse results.  The rear of 
>> the car pretty much weighs the same whether supported for 5 minutes, 
>> 5 days, 5 weeks - well you get the point.
>>
>> Other failures, AFAIK, were simply the result of old age (of the 
>> rubber components).
>>
>> Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.
>>
>> Later, JR
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