Maybe TR6 diffs are a different animal, but I recently blew out the pinion
seal of my Spitire differential and my only clue as to how that might have
ocurred is that I damaged it by jacking up from the diff. Over the last few
months, I have jacked up the rear end using the differential, careful to
apply pressure to both halves of the main seal. The rear end started
leaking exactly the day after the last time I jacked up the car. It was an
OEM seal, so perhaps it was ready to go after 33 years anyway, but the
timing convinced me to never jack up the rear with the differential again.
I'm using a 2X4 across the floor jack under the right and left side frame
members.
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Barron <jmikebarron@hotmail.com>
To: <msecrest@erols.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: TR6: Jack up the Back?
>
> A couple of years ago this was a hot topic for about a week or two. If
> memory serves, I sounded to me like the group consensus was that it was OK
> to use the Diff as a jack point to get the car up far enough to set the
> jackstands under the frame. A few people were concerned about the stress
> on the Diff bolts, etc, but others scoffed at the possible problems,
stating
> as proof the amount of stress a diff goes through just driving to the
store.
>
> I know the all knowing british wrencher around KC uses the diff in just
the
> way I described, because he did it on my car when the diff was rebuilt.
>
> Mike Barron
> 73 TR6
> 60 TR3
>
>
> >From: "Martin A. Secrest" <msecrest@erols.com>
> >Reply-To: "Martin A. Secrest" <msecrest@erols.com>
> >To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> >Subject: TR6: Jack up the Back?
> >Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 13:31:38 -0400
> >
> >Hello all:
> >
> >What's the preferred method of jacking up the rear of a TR6?
> >
> >It lacks the convenient rear cross member of my GT6, and I shudder a bit
> >at the thought of jacking it up side-to-side. I want to get the entire
> >car in the air.
> >
> >TIA ...
> >
> >Martin Secrest
> >72 TR6
> >73 GT6
> >
>
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