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1. RE: Observation... Jack Stands (score: 1): Author: "John Ernst" <JOHN@aci_1.aci.ns.ca>; Date: 1 Sep 92 09:06:11 ADT; Along the same lines, almost everything has some sort of warning to cover the manufacturer: - read an owner's manual for a '91 Beretta sometime; there's got to be at least one 'CAUTION....' message; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00000.html (7,039 bytes)
2. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: southern@neit.cgd.ucar.EDU (Lawrence Buja); Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 9:08:28 MDT; Since we're all chiming in on this one, I thought that I'd mention that the first thing I do when I put a car up on jack-stands is to slide the tyre (that I just removed) to some appropriate hardpoin; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00005.html (7,304 bytes)
3. RE: Observation... Jack Stands (score: 1): Author: Philippe Habib <phabib@apple.com>; Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 12:56:48 -0700; The best CYA sticker I ever saw was a hammer that was labeled "CAUTION. Not for impact use." This thing was a cheap import and the warning was probably appropriate but come on, what was it meant to u; /html/british-cars/1992-09/msg00050.html (6,760 bytes)
4. Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: jtc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (James A. TenCate); Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 07:15:28 -0500; This weekend I had occasion to go out and purchase 4 jack stands. Much to my surprise, they now carry a warning NOT to get under a car supported by jack stands! Hmmmm. Liability? These were NOT "chea; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00572.html (7,734 bytes)
5. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@hermes.dlogics.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 09:07:50 CDT; Most likely. When I see a product designed for a particular purpose, then accompanied by a warning label essentially telling you not to use it for that purpose, I suspect either (A) the government, o; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00577.html (8,819 bytes)
6. re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl,william h); Date: 31 Aug 1992 10:14 EDT; jim I'm sure there have been cases of cars "improperly" resting on jack stands that have lead to someone injured when the car shifted, etc. However, a car properly seated on jacks stands shouldn't (; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00578.html (8,968 bytes)
7. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: Teriann J. Wakeman <twakeman@apple.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 10:33:28 -0700; Jim, I have heard too many stories about cars falling of jack stands. Normal reasons are: 1. Cheap jack stand + truck or fullsize Amearican land ship + tugging 2. jackstands planted directly on aspha; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00587.html (7,937 bytes)
8. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 12:46:34 CDT; Yes. Stinking lawyers. Actually, my autocross club just got stiffed by Isuzu USA on a event sponsorship deal. When that happened, we went to a local Mazda dealer. They were happy to help us out, but; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00590.html (8,632 bytes)
9. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: william sadler <wsadler@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>; Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:01:08 -0500; I have had a jack stand fail. It was one of these cheap ones with the teeth that a little lever slides into to lock it in position. The little lever broke sending the jack stand plummeting down to it; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00593.html (7,663 bytes)
10. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@hermes.dlogics.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:45:54 CDT; Actually it's Pat Goss. I dunno; I've seen some pretty horrendous welding on those angle-iron stands. Can you say "X-ray"? Didn't think so. ;-) I never had any trouble with mine either, but it is con; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00595.html (8,241 bytes)
11. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: rbt%dracut@keps.kodak.com (Bob Tufts); Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:54:49 EDT; I also had one incident when we tried to put a big Mercury up on stands on a blacktop surface; one leg on one stand started sinking into the blacktop, and we gave up THAT idea in a hurry. Although my; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00596.html (7,981 bytes)
12. Re: Observation... jack stands (score: 1): Author: dixon@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca (dixon kenner); Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 23:03:07 -0400; My 109" Land Rover has been sitting on jack stands for a year now, the stands on cement patio stands, on a gravel floor, and have not moved despite me standing in the engine bay wrestling with the ov; /html/british-cars/1992-08/msg00599.html (7,878 bytes)

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