Jack Mc wrote:
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>Barry
>I don't know about your spitfires or your GT6, but ANY TR6 with jack stands
>behind front wheels and rear wheels on the ground will flex more than enough
>to keep the doors from working... do this to a really rotten one and you will
>break it in half. I don't think Jeff has a problem.
>Cheers!
>Jack Mc
>73 TR6 CF870U
and I think Jack is right, when you have the car jacked up at that point
the weight of the engine / trans is given a lot of leverage on the front
of the frame. Since the frame is just square tubing, more or less, it
will flex some, and the front and rear sections of the body will move
enough that you'll see it at the door post, just as you described.
I did the same thing while working under my car, and was also alarmed,
but I just moved the front jack location to the sturdy area under the
front of the engine, and everything re-aligned just fine...and my frame
was quite rotten, but in the rear swingarm attachment area, and luckily
this didn't seem to leave it any worse than it was (much steel angle
added, but that's another story).
I have yet to see a frame that had the front half near as et-up as
the back half, but then I've only seen a few up close & underneath.
Good luck,
Tom Tweed
SW Ohio
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