<VV> Jacking

[Harry Yarnell]

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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