Does anyone other than me ever wonder if Allen if playing with a
full deck?
Bob
Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/21/99 11:45:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> << Go ahead and try it. I'll bet a small child is strong enough to lift the
> car an additional inch or so, which is enough to place the wheel onto the
> lugs. >>
>
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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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
>
> Now we've started an "I've lifted my Spridget" thread!
>
> Allen Hefner
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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