I think maybe this is one for the GoMoG experts panel.
I may not be using the proper points when I jack up the car. At the front I
put my jack at the middle of the cross tube and then put jack stands on this
tube where it exits the chassis side member. At the rear I actually put a
piece of wood under the very rear cross member and jack at that point. The
thing I believe you most certainly want to avoid is putting a jack under the
chassis side rails with the exception of the mid reinforced jacking points.
The Morgan chassis is relatively frail and I think jacking at the wrong
points could either bend it or break it. Anyway I would love to hear from
the experts on this.
Phil Roettjer
67 +4
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernest(Chip) Brown [SMTP:Chip.Brown@msdw.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:17 AM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Cc: Phil Roettjer
> Subject: Re: Tire jack WHERE TO JACK is important!!!
>
> Well, there's a new string here. Phil knows his Morgans, but I've been
> told by several others to be very judicious in jacking up the car front
> and rear, that the preferred jacking points are midway along the frame
> at reinforced points, and that you should take great care to use a shim
> of protective material. I have been specifically advised NOT to jack at
> the differential, because the tubes pressed into the casting could pull
> loose. I don't know about the front cross piece, but if you ever bend
> it, you change the steering geometry. As I said in the prior email, I've
> been jacking along the sides only at specific points. I no longer put
> jack stands under the axle tubes, although I imagine if you're gentle
> enough, it won't do any damage. From the front, if I have to jack up the
> front end, I put my block of 2x6 under the sump and GENTLY raise the car
> high enough to put jack stands under the frame. I would think for
> changing tires on the road, that jacking on the side would be safest.
> Lift the whole side and you don't stress the frame as much.
>
> PS-As most of the readers of this list know, I am no pro at this, and
> only write all of this to provoke the real experts to give us their
> views on jacking points. I'd await word from others to form your
> opinion.
>
> Chip Brown
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