On Thu, 22 May 1997 MLishego@aol.com wrote:
> Disregarding the faux-pas, I do have a little advice stemming from my first
> car-work day this season.
> I removed the rear axle, and DIDN'T listen to the Haynes manual, and started
> unbolting things. As I unbolted the four U-bolts on the axle, the car crahed
> down on top of me. Fortuneately, there was no engine, gas tank, or rubber
> "safety" bumpers. I was able to pick the car up off myself and crawl out. If
> I had followed directions, I might not have had the experiance, and next time
> I might not be so lucky. Back to the rubber MG buggy bumpers. How safe are
You put the jack stands under the rear axle, then removed the u-bolts that
hold the axle to the springs, and the car crashed down on you? Is that
it? I think that represents a failure of systems thinking.
W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8629
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