RE: winter storage

[Peter Zaborski <peterz@merak.com>]

> From: Don Spence [mailto:spence@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca]
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 1998 5:29 PM
> 
> DO NOT PUT THE CAR UP ON BLOCKS. You can damage
> your springs this way.

Can someone please elaborate on this? What would cause the springs to be
damaged by putting on blocks?

I usually put the car up on blocks so that the tires are still making some
contact with the ground but not full weight - this to ease the load on the
suspension but also to avoid flat-spotting the tires.

After all we do put cars up on jacks for repairs (although admittedly not
usually for months at a time). Have I been doing something wrong? (Car seems
to run and handle fine).

Thanks for any additional info on this...

--- Peter Zaborski  CF58310UO  Calgary,Canada ---