Should one - or shouldn't one use the diff housing? This thread has cropped up
before and
I guess opinion will always be divided.
Worth noting perhaps that in spite of the statement in the factory manual (in
which
serious errors are by no means unknown) that jacking by the diff housing is
acceptable, it
was banned as a practise in the factory itself, and in the London and Coventry
Service
Departments. In all those locations, there were prominent notices in red and
white,
several feet square fixed to walls and hanging from the roof. They all said the
same
thing.
DO NOT RAISE ANY CAR USING TROLLEY JACKS UNDER THE REAR AXLE OR FRONT CROSS
MEMBER.
Use a four post lift with parallels or trolley triangle on the jacking points
Personally speaking, I'm ambivalent how anyone jacks the rear of their TR4 - or
any other
Triumph for that matter, providing what they do is safe. I've never used the
diff myself,
preferring a piece of stout timber on jacking points and axle stands. It occurs
to me
those notices were not put in place without there being a very good (but
undeclared)
reason and I'm still happy to follow them.
Jonmac
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