The shop manual says jacking on the pumpkin is ok, but in my case it
caused the diff to leak.
John Cowan
At 06:55 PM 8/28/2000, you wrote:
>At 10:51 AM 8/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >The orignal point of my post was to determine that the front crossmember and
> >the pumpkin were proper jacking points. I have had cars in which they were
> >not. Jacking on the front crossmember of a Quantum Syncro can wreck the
> >crossmember. Jacking the pumpkin on an early RX7 will cause diff leaks.
> >This is the kind of thing I need to know about the TR4 before I destroy
> >something.
>
>Phil...
>
>The TR4 the factory shop manual specifically says to "raise the rear end
>using a trolley jack under the centre of the rear axle and place chassis
>stands under the chassis side members forward of the rear springs". It
>also says to raise the front, "place a hydraulically operated trolley jack
>under the front crossmember centrally between the front wheels and place
>chassis stands under the chassis side members rearward of the front
>suspension".
>
>It also has pictures of a TR4 raised in the front and another raised in the
>rear by a large floor jack, using the crossmember and differential. You're
>doing it the factory way. As to the question of the 2x4s, I've never seen
>the need for anything between the stands and the frame, but then none of
>mine have been concours quality.
>
>Cheers...
>Don
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