<VV> half shafts on reinstall / RED ALERT

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Don't to worry folks, we are using an old timey single pole auto lift. Its like old school where the a single pole goes into the ground and there are four points contacting this vair at your points, it makes working on this car so easy! He uses an air compressor and a valve to make it go up and down...

--- On Thu, 7/17/08, Louis Armer <carmerjr at mindspring.com> wrote:
From: Louis Armer <carmerjr at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: <VV> half shafts on reinstall / RED ALERT
To: HallGrenn at aol.com
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 12:17 AM

DON'T RAISE THE SCISSOR JACK TOO HIGH OR YOU MAY RAISE THE BODY OF 
THE CAR OFF THE JACK STANDS

Chuck Armer
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At 06:55 PM 7/16/2008, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 7/16/2008 6:43:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>hyarnell1 at earthlink.net writes:
>
>In this  case, I'd install the STRUD rods first, loose. The stabilizer
rods
>really  don't affect installing the 1/2 shafts. You may have to install
a
>wheel to  give enough torque to move the bearing assy to accept the half
>shaft..
>The STRUT rods I refer to are the large rods that bolt to the  bottom of
the
>diff, and the camber bolt at the bearing end.
>
>Harry  Yarnell
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>
>Chris,  To add to Harry's post, I use a scissors jack under the lower 
strut
>rod (where the lower shock mount is) and jack it up so the half shaft 
meets
>the axle and diff.  It takes some time on LM's but it isn't that 
hard.  As
>Harry said, don't loosen the stabilizer rods as you can affect  toe 
>of the rear
>tires when they are deflected under load on the road.   Don't try to
"pull
>things together" using any attaching bolts or you may 
>strip  something.  Sometimes
>it helps the first time (or everytime) to just lie  there and observe how
>everything goes together so it makes sense.
>
>It'll work.  Best of luck.
>
>Bob Hall
>Group Corvair
>Washington DC suburbs
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