Here's what I did:
I jacked the car up at the frame support. I took the spare rear wheel off
and tried to replace the regular one. I got two or three of the lugs into
the wheel holes, but the car was not quite high enough to just slide the
wheel straight on to all four lugs. With the wheel partially supporting the
rear of the car, the load that Mrs. Sorkin was able to relieve from the jack
was sufficient for me to place the wheel onto the hub and tighten the lug
nuts. We would be glad to demonstrate at any future Spridget event. It
only requires a modest amount of effort.
Had I simply requested that she lift the car off of the jack, I'm sure that
she would have had a difficult time. So you are correct with what you
envisioned.
But she did lift a Spridget.
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>So you had your rear (of the car) jacked up with the wheel off. I would
>assume you jacked it up by the frame, and not the axle. Your wife came
along
>and lifted the corner of the car OFF THE JACK high enough to get the wheel
>back on.
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>I can see lifting the sprung weight of just the body, if the car was jacked
>up by the axle, but not lifting the entire car including the unsprung
weight
>of the axle. Lifting the body wouldn't change the position of the hub to
>attach the wheel. You'd have to lift the axle too.
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>The rear corner of a Spridget must weigh about 400 lbs. How much can you
>bench press...or did your wife clean and jerk that corner of the car?
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>Now we've started an "I've lifted my Spridget" thread!
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>Allen Hefner
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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