I have replaced my rear springs a couple of times and used axle stands
immediately forward of the rear spring front mountings as Skye says.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>
To: MG Mailing List (E-mail) <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 16 March 1999 17:43
Subject: jacking points...
>I need to jack up the back of my '75 Tourer to replace the rear springs and
>bushings. Where is a good place to put jackstands? I need to leave the leaf
>springs and axle free to move things around/replace the springs. Are the
>jacking points ok to use, or will I crush them?
>
>the front jack stands, I'm going to use the crossmember. I would like to
>put the whole thing on jackstands, but I'm afraid that the jacking points
>are to close to the balance point of the car.
>
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>John Steczkowski
>Director of Software Engineering
>Crossroads Systems, Inc.
>512-794-2742
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