<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">It's a Catch 22; if I jack the rear first, I can't get the jack under the front crossmember, if I jack the front first the only way to jack the rear is to get under the diff from the passenger (non-exhaust) side (on an LHD car).<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">I usually get the car up four jackstands to do work under the car.<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Derek Job" <derek.c.job@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Keith Mott" <mottman55@gmail.com><br><b>Cc: </b>"Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>, "healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, November 19, 2015 9:37:44 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] OT: Axle Jacking<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">I just use a piece of wood that fits across the rear crossmember. I've never jacked using the diff.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Keith Mott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mottman55@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:mottman55@gmail.com">mottman55@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr">This is really surprising to me. I have always lifted cars by putting a floor jack under the differential, and I have never had a problem nor have I heard of any problem with the practice. I suppose it could be something specific to Mustangs, but all you have to do is lift a Healey axle housing (even without the differential) to realize that it's pretty solid. I can't believe this is a common problem for all cars, and definitely not for a Healey.<div><br></div><div>I CAN see that putting all the pressure on the drain plug at the bottom of the differential housing could be a problem.</div><div><br></div><div>But, of course, now I'll worry about this the next time I jack up my Healey. Thanks Bob... :)</div><div><br></div><div>keith</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Bob Spidell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><span class="">Thought about posting this to shop-talk, but I suspect there's more general car knowledge here.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Thoughts from the Illuminati?<br> <br> Bob</span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>