[Healeys] OT: Axle Jacking

[rkeysor]

Given the challenge of getting a floor jack under the exhaust side of of the car, a definitive and authoritative answer to this question would be helpful. I haven't done it on the Healey, but I think this practice is pretty common. 


    On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:35 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
 

 Thought about posting this to shop-talk, but I suspect there's more 
general car knowledge here.

I believe my Mustang manual has admonitions against jacking the rear by 
placing a floor jack under the rear pumpkin.  I've jacked-up Healeys 
this way for years, but the Healey axle housing is a single chunk of 
iron; the Mustang probably has thin-wall tubes from the pumpkin to the 
wheels.  Theoretically, you could bend the thin-wall tubes, but I've 
done it a few times with no noticeable issues.

Thoughts from the Illuminati?

Bob


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