<div dir="auto">I'm interested in comments about "<span style="font-size:12.8px"> I read somewhere that jacking the pumpkin on live axle cars was a not good idea"</span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px">I've done this for almost 50 years on my car and others without any apparent issues. Have been lucky?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px">I have a quick jack, but have not yet used it with my Healey. I'm about to use it on my wife's 67 MGB, then my car.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Cheers<br></span><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Ira Erbs<br>1959 AH 100-6<br>1967 MGB<br>Milwaukie, OR</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 8:09 AM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I wouldn't (yes, I use a QuickJack). I think the QJ even deforms
the chassis rails a bit, and they're stronger than outriggers and
rockers. Maybe someone with a 'real' lift can chime in on this?<br>
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Modern 'unibody' cars have specific jacking points, and I suspect
putting lifts elsewhere <i>could </i>deform the under-body panels.
I recently did a wheel alignment on my BN2, and using the QJ was
indispensable, essentially trial-and-error: lots of lift, set,
check, drive, lift, set check, drive ... <br>
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I have a grease pit for jobs 'on wheels.' I almost filled it in
after my dad died--I'm sure it would be illegal these days--but it's
just <i>SO</i> useful, but I spent a half-day building new covers
for it.<br>
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Bob<br>
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ps. I read somewhere that jacking the pumpkin on live axle cars was
a not good idea, though I've done it for years and not had any
issues that I know of. I suspect it could bend the tubes going to
the wheels.<br>
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<div>On 12/13/2021 6:53 AM, Bob Begani
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Maybe fill in voids with trimmed 2x4?
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<pre>Let me know what you do for positioning the lift under the frame of a BJ8HEALEYS
Bob Begani
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