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Author:  Shadow Priest [ Fri 10-13-2006 4:48PM ]
Post subject:  How NOT to jack up a car.
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I only thought people did this in movies and or television. But nope, right in my apartment complex...
Author:  kjk437 [ Fri 10-13-2006 4:50PM ]
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:lol:
Author:  lukecp [ Fri 10-13-2006 4:54PM ]
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I hope no one got under that...
Author:  jeff [ Fri 10-13-2006 5:07PM ]
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My Galaxie has one of those jacks. I was stranded and it was my only option to change a flat...I got the car jacked up halfway and the jack ripped right through the rusted bumper, bringing the car down. I wasn't anywhere near the wheels though, because I suspected it would happen; I was more or less making sure the jack would be useless before I called for someone to bring another jack. Those jacks are terrible.
Author:  Shadow Priest [ Fri 10-13-2006 5:08PM ]
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lukecp wrote:
I hope no one got under that...


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I'm afraid so...
Author:  Fall0ut-Boy [ Fri 10-13-2006 11:03PM ]
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jeff wrote:
My Galaxie has one of those jacks. I was stranded and it was my only option to change a flat...I got the car jacked up halfway and the jack ripped right through the rusted bumper, bringing the car down. I wasn't anywhere near the wheels though, because I suspected it would happen; I was more or less making sure the jack would be useless before I called for someone to bring another jack. Those jacks are terrible.



LOL
Author:  Hoxviii [ Wed 10-18-2006 5:28PM ]
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You may not realize, but your're not supposed to use a "bumper jack" to jack a car up by just any part of the bumper. You line it up with the frame so the frame is what takes the load. . .

Justin
Author:  jeff [ Thu 10-19-2006 8:17AM ]
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Hoxviii wrote:
You may not realize, but your're not supposed to use a "bumper jack" to jack a car up by just any part of the bumper. You line it up with the frame so the frame is what takes the load. . .

Justin


My bumper had slots in it for the bumper jack. They lined up with the frame. But when your entire bumper is ready to fall off, it's gonna break through anyway.
Author:  SilverRaven83 [ Thu 10-19-2006 3:12PM ]
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Hoxviii wrote:
You may not realize, but your're not supposed to use a "bumper jack" to jack a car up by just any part of the bumper. You line it up with the frame so the frame is what takes the load. . .

Justin


You may not realize, but they discontinued bumper jacks for a reason.
Author:  jthxv [ Thu 10-19-2006 4:08PM ]
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Cost too much to make, and they were getting harder to hide in the interior?
Author:  SilverRaven83 [ Thu 10-19-2006 6:49PM ]
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jthxv wrote:
Cost too much to make, and they were getting harder to hide in the interior?


Or they realized that bumpers rust and the car comes down on people. (I know 2 people that had the car come down when it was placed correctly. Luckily they were not under it.)

I am not sure how you think they are getting "harder to hide." Its not like the jacks are growing so much or the cars are shrinking so much that there is no room for them anymore.
Author:  jeff [ Thu 10-19-2006 10:36PM ]
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SilverRaven83 wrote:
jthxv wrote:
Cost too much to make, and they were getting harder to hide in the interior?


Or they realized that bumpers rust and the car comes down on people. (I know 2 people that had the car come down when it was placed correctly. Luckily they were not under it.)

I am not sure how you think they are getting "harder to hide." Its not like the jacks are growing so much or the cars are shrinking so much that there is no room for them anymore.


I thought jthxv was being sarcastic.
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