ChrisPDuck
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- Aug 31, 2022
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- 2006 W221 S600, 1983 VW T25/T3, 1984 Alfasud 1.5ti Green Cloverleaf, 2008 Chrysler 300C SRT Design
You can't leave us hanging like that! What have you got in mind?
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Well, I devised something workable for a trolley jack along the lines of the RS stand but with the 'arms' that become the stand permanently attached to a plate that sits twixt jack and car and swing into position and are locked together once at the required height whereupon the jack can be removed.You can't leave us hanging like that! What have you got in mind?
No coincidence that Americans refer to TJs as 'floor jacks' - floor and ground being different things. I've come to distrust TJs - the lifting where its wheels have to be free to turn, the more so the higher the TJ is and at its most unstable - but the initial release for lowering is just as dangerous. More so if the caster wheels have to re-orientate themselves. It was because of this I thought my original idea (bottle jack within an axle stand) would be of use, confining TJ lifting/lowering to the lower part of its reach where it traversing the floor is at a minimum.One of my TJ's is so low to the ground (F1 car ground clearance) I has to add spacer washers to the rear caster wheels to raise it up a bit . I agree they are expected to be used on almost perfectly flat and smooth workshop floors , but many of us do not have that luxury.
I'm guessing the choice of 'cupped' rest area is a throwback to earlier times and craftily swerves the need to offer alternatives.I also notice that there are all sorts of 'axle stands' on sale with a cupped and often serrated area to rest the axle on to take the weight of the car.
How many modern 2 wheel drive cars actually have an axle these days ?
None of the 3 cars we own have an axle . drive shafts ? yes. axel ? No.
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