- 1. Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:30:02 -0500
- My BJ8 is up on jack stands now. The bottom of the frame members are 17" off the floor. This means me and my crawler can get under the mufflers with about an inch to spare. I would like to go 10" hig
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00612.html (7,508 bytes)
- 2. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Schultz <alan@andysnet.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:55:34 -0600
- Set the blocks with the cores vertical. Blocks strongest in that direction. I would also stack blocks under the car at both ends just in case one of the jack stands fails. Better safe than dead. I h
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00614.html (8,183 bytes)
- 3. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:58:43 -0800
- My BJ8 is in the same condition as yours, and I was doing muffler work. Sure would've liked a bit more clearance myself. BUT ... I don't think putting the jackstands on blocks is a good idea. Gettin
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00615.html (8,986 bytes)
- 4. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: "James Lea" <clocks@midcoast.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:11:10 -0500
- Ned. Unless you add some other support after you get it to the height you want it this could be asking for trouble. Make sure if the jacks fail there is something as a backup to support the car. Mayb
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00616.html (7,410 bytes)
- 5. RE: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:20:29 -0500
- While the car isn't that heavy, I've seen those blocks shatter. I'm certainly not an expert in block construction but I'd recommend you pick up the solid kind rather than the ones that are hollow ju
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00617.html (8,028 bytes)
- 6. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:06:02 -0600
- Your idea of using a pice of wood to spread the load is a good one, as long as you do this and make sure each corner is stable (maybe 2 blocks together with a thick plywood board over each and no par
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00618.html (8,120 bytes)
- 7. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:55:26 -0500
- Also, there are concrete blocks and there are "cinder blocks." While I wouldn't want to use either while working under a car, if forced into such a situation, there's no doubt which I'd use. -- John
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00619.html (7,686 bytes)
- 8. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: Maurice Maxwell <maxandreb1@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:27:22 -0800 (PST)
- Ned Smith <smithn00@kitepilot.net> wrote: My BJ8 is up on jack stands now. The bottom of the frame members are 17" off the floor. This means me and my crawler can get under the mufflers with about an
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00633.html (7,936 bytes)
- 9. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: "Alex Superak" <asuperak@nc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:49:50 -0500
- Hi Ned, NO! Blocks can crumble. Alex
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00638.html (7,092 bytes)
- 10. Re: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Westcott <westcotc@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:48:12 -0800
- Hey Allen, Inquiring minds would like to know where you got the lift for $1785. I also agree that cement blocks are an accident waiting to happen, I am older and somewhat smarter now and wouldn't cha
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00641.html (7,855 bytes)
- 11. RE: Jack Stands (score: 1)
- Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:19:59 -0600
- Folks... taller jack stands, suitable for trucks, etc., are readily available, and not particularly expensive. Even sources like Harbor Freight have them. And, at a cost of 1 one hundredth of what th
- /html/healeys/2005-12/msg00642.html (8,592 bytes)
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