<VV> JACKING POINTS/Mount failure

[Ron]

This guy must be a senator or president or something like that.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "corvairs" <lonwall at corvairunderground.com>
To: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <kaczmarek at charter.net>; "J R Read_HML" 
<hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; <UltraMonzaWest at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> JACKING POINTS/Mount failure


> 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>
>> To: <kaczmarek at charter.net>; <UltraMonzaWest at aol.com>; 
>> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:41 PM
>> Subject: <VV> JACKING POINTS/Mount failure
>>
>>
>>> 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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