Just a Word of warning

torqued · Post by **torqued** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:07 am

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beaver · Post by **beaver** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:34 am

That's real unfortunate.

Remember kids, always use axle stands!

Post by **Bartman** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:54 pm

Darwinism?

beaver wrote:That's real unfortunate.

Remember kids, always use axle stands!

Pfft! Training wheels!

The moral is, don't use scissor jacks I'd say.

torqued · Post by **torqued** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:07 pm

Ive seen a Trolly jack spit its guts with a car in the air

85_Z31 · Post by **85_Z31** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:10 pm

Even once a car is on chassis stands i like to give it the "push test"

Its sounds lame that I learned that in automotive at school but it sure works good, some people put chassis stands in less than ideal places too.

DJZ · Post by **DJZ** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:10 pm

When I was at Polytech one of the tutors used to say that if he ever saw anyone under a car not supported by axle stands it'd be a race to see if they could get out before he let the jack down, never got to see it happen though.

Post by **woodies72coupe** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:00 pm

Heard of a polytechnic tutor a few years back showing students how to put a car on axle stands. He put the jack under the sill in the middle on 1 side then jacked up the whole car! Then went around and did the other side! This as you are all aware isn't ideal! When he jacked up the other side the car slid off the stands! Safe to say he doesn't have a job there anymore!!!

torqued · Post by **torqued** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:20 am

DJZ wrote:When I was at Polytech one of the tutors used to say that if he ever saw anyone under a car not supported by axle stands it'd be a race to see if they could get out before he let the jack down, never got to see it happen though.

What was his name? I remember a similar thing

DJZ · Post by **DJZ** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:04 am

torqued wrote:
DJZ wrote:When I was at Polytech one of the tutors used to say that if he ever saw anyone under a car not supported by axle stands it'd be a race to see if they could get out before he let the jack down, never got to see it happen though.
What was his name? I remember a similar thing

I think it was Tony? He always used to go on about letting the claret out.

torqued · Post by **torqued** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:13 am

Yea. Just trying to picture his face. But yea sounds right.

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