Re: Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

Your diffs drag over rocks and stumps every time you go out, do you really
worry that they will not survive a ride on the floor jack?




"mabar" <mabar@NOSPAMgbronline.com> wrote in message
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> I've been doing this for years with no problems, but is it safe to raise
my
> TJ with my floor jack under the front or rear differential pumpkin?
>
>
> Tom
>
>

Re: Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

Your diffs drag over rocks and stumps every time you go out, do you really
worry that they will not survive a ride on the floor jack?




"mabar" <mabar@NOSPAMgbronline.com> wrote in message
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> I've been doing this for years with no problems, but is it safe to raise
my
> TJ with my floor jack under the front or rear differential pumpkin?
>
>
> Tom
>
>

Re: Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

Your diffs drag over rocks and stumps every time you go out, do you really
worry that they will not survive a ride on the floor jack?




"mabar" <mabar@NOSPAMgbronline.com> wrote in message
news:q6qdnee6eZeY5jyiRVn-uw@gbronline.com...
> I've been doing this for years with no problems, but is it safe to raise
my
> TJ with my floor jack under the front or rear differential pumpkin?
>
>
> Tom
>
>

Re: Off topic Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

I bet it'd get Herculiner off your Hootus!

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> travis and Simon could have used those to strip their paint off if you'd
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>
> DougW wrote:
>
> > L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> >
> >>Off topic, risqué:
> >
> >
> > Risqué my ass, that image could peel steel plates off
> > a battleship.
> >
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
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>
> Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
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Re: Off topic Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

I bet it'd get Herculiner off your Hootus!

"twaldron" <twaldron@sbcOBVIOUSglobal.net> wrote in message
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> travis and Simon could have used those to strip their paint off if you'd
> have posted a couple of weeks earlier.....UGH!
>
> DougW wrote:
>
> > L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> >
> >>Off topic, risqué:
> >
> >
> > Risqué my ass, that image could peel steel plates off
> > a battleship.
> >
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
> 03 TJ Rubicon
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
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Re: Off topic Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

I bet it'd get Herculiner off your Hootus!

"twaldron" <twaldron@sbcOBVIOUSglobal.net> wrote in message
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> travis and Simon could have used those to strip their paint off if you'd
> have posted a couple of weeks earlier.....UGH!
>
> DougW wrote:
>
> > L.W. (ßill) ------ III did pass the time by typing:
> >
> >>Off topic, risqué:
> >
> >
> > Risqué my ass, that image could peel steel plates off
> > a battleship.
> >
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ _________
> tw
> 03 TJ Rubicon
> 01 XJ Sport
>
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> -- Dave Barry
>
> Pronunciation: 'jEp
> Function: noun
> Date: 1940
>
> Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
> A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
> 1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
> World War II.
>
> http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
> (Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
> __________________________________________________ _________
>

Re: Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

"TJim" <jim@ranlet.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard that a lot of people do this, and the pumpkin is plenty strong,
> but my concern would be the fact that the vehicle is supported out at the
> end of the axle tubes and they may shift or bend where they are attached
to
> the pumpkin, especially if you have the weaker d35. I'd be afraid that a
> shift in the axle tubes could be detrimental to the operation of the diff
> and potentially lead to premature wear or breakage. I recommend against
> this practice.
>

You might recommend against it, but you do exactly the same thing everytime
you get high centered on the pumpkin. There should be no problem doing this,
and if there is then maybe offroading should be reconsidered.

Re: Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

"TJim" <jim@ranlet.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard that a lot of people do this, and the pumpkin is plenty strong,
> but my concern would be the fact that the vehicle is supported out at the
> end of the axle tubes and they may shift or bend where they are attached
to
> the pumpkin, especially if you have the weaker d35. I'd be afraid that a
> shift in the axle tubes could be detrimental to the operation of the diff
> and potentially lead to premature wear or breakage. I recommend against
> this practice.
>

You might recommend against it, but you do exactly the same thing everytime
you get high centered on the pumpkin. There should be no problem doing this,
and if there is then maybe offroading should be reconsidered.

Re: Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

"TJim" <jim@ranlet.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard that a lot of people do this, and the pumpkin is plenty strong,
> but my concern would be the fact that the vehicle is supported out at the
> end of the axle tubes and they may shift or bend where they are attached
to
> the pumpkin, especially if you have the weaker d35. I'd be afraid that a
> shift in the axle tubes could be detrimental to the operation of the diff
> and potentially lead to premature wear or breakage. I recommend against
> this practice.
>

You might recommend against it, but you do exactly the same thing everytime
you get high centered on the pumpkin. There should be no problem doing this,
and if there is then maybe offroading should be reconsidered.

Re: Safe to use floor jack on differential?
 

IT IS TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK HERE ...

What happens when you get the pumpkin stuck on a rock or stump? You support
the weight of the vehicle on the pumpkin, that's what. It is a pain in the
ass to do this, but it isn't destructive to the axles. You can damage the
covers when this happens, but we never see bent axles tubes as a result.

If one takes reasonable precautions by carefully locating the cup of the
floor jack, or by using a block of wood to ------ the load across a wider
area if a bottle jack must be used, tneh there should be no problem for the
axle to support the weight of the vehicle. Obviously, using a bottle jack on
the pumpkin has its own set of potential problems, but bending the axle
tubes isn't among them.




"Matt Macchiarolo" <mlmacchia@aol.comspambgon> wrote in message
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> In article <bnu21t02m11@enews3.newsguy.com>, "Gerald G. McGeorge"
> <gmcgeorge@frontier.net> writes:
>
> >Indeed, Currie states the tube section width on
> >TJ D44s is very weak as well, however I think that's just a ploy to
market
> >their custom units.
>
> I've been told that the factory 44's use D35-sized axletubes...
> * * *
> Matt Macchiarolo
> www.townpeddler.com
> www.wolverine4wd.org
> http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html
>
>
>
>