It seems to me that this would work if BOTH rear wheels were off the ground.
Then it would just be a matter of "tilting" the car like a seesaw, which
uses the weight of the other side going down an inch to help her lift her
side up an inch.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Ajhsys@aol.com <Ajhsys@aol.com>
To: cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: Can you lift your Spridget?
>In a message dated 9/21/99 11:45:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
><< Go ahead and try it. I'll bet a small child is strong enough to lift
the
> car an additional inch or so, which is enough to place the wheel onto the
> lugs. >>
>
>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>So you had your rear (of the car) jacked up with the wheel off. I would
>assume you jacked it up by the frame, and not the axle. Your wife came
along
>and lifted the corner of the car OFF THE JACK high enough to get the wheel
>back on.
>
>I can see lifting the sprung weight of just the body, if the car was jacked
>up by the axle, but not lifting the entire car including the unsprung
weight
>of the axle. Lifting the body wouldn't change the position of the hub to
>attach the wheel. You'd have to lift the axle too.
>
>The rear corner of a Spridget must weigh about 400 lbs. How much can you
>bench press...or did your wife clean and jerk that corner of the car?
>
>Now we've started an "I've lifted my Spridget" thread!
>
>Allen Hefner
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
|