Is it safe or recommended to lift the rear at the differential or axle tubes
with a floor jack? The instructions for the jack that comes with the truck
does state to lift the rear under the axle tubes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Levy [mailto:andylevy@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:56 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: That's a lot of lifting!
I picked up a floor jack this weekend to make my life easier. Went to
Sears and got the Craftsman "SUV high lift" jack, 3 tons at 21 inches of
lift height. I knew I needed something taller than the standard-issue
3-ton (or smaller) jacks since those only reach to 17" or less and on
the ground, my framerail in the back is 14 1/2 inches off the ground. 2
1/2 inches of lift definitely was not going to cut it.
Tried the thing out just now, and discovered that to get 1/2 to 3/4
inches clearance under the tire right rear, I had to take the jack up to
19 1/2 inches!
That makes it (ballpark) 4 1/2 inches of suspension & tire compression
on a standard-issue GenIII 4x4 wearing BFG A/T 31s. So, uh, Bernd, what
do YOU use to lift your truck? You don't have a full lift in your
garage, do you?
-andy
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