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06-08-2013, 03:43 PM
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Re: WARNING: BE VIGILANT
I had a friend ask me years ago if I was using stands when I worked on my car.......I told him no. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img] He told me a story of when he had driven a car up on ramps then jacked the back of the car up to put jack stands under it. When he went to get them, the jack dropped, the car rolled down the ramps and through the garage door. THAT cured me of not using jack stands!!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/scholar.gif[/img]
I always leave the jack under the car plus jack stands. I also shake the car to make sure it's stable before getting under it. Kurt
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06-09-2013, 04:42 AM
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Re: WARNING: BE VIGILANT
I had a journeymen 30 years ago that was changing his clutch in his pickup, although it was on jack stands, as he grabbed the rockers to pull himself out he pulled the truck off the stands and on to his chest. He didn't survive. Probably wouldn't happen to most of us but he was 6-5 and 360 lbs. real sad. Ron...
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06-09-2013, 10:43 AM
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Re: WARNING: BE VIGILANT
My Uncle, a mechanic of 35 years had a car fall off a front hydraulic bumper jack. It collapsed his lung and he had a close scare. I ALWAYS use jack stands!!!!!
Also in my cousin's VW shop back when I was in college, (many decades ago !) I saw a VW bus fallen of a hydraulic lift from 6 feet in the air.!! Make sure you wiggle/rock the car a bit to settle the car or the stands or on the lift before crawling under !!!
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