I can attest to the following! The person who came to put my vanagon on a flat bed ripped out the sheet metal where he hooked his winch! They've agreed to weld it and seal it for me.
Brad
NO! NO! NO! This is the same mentality that most "mechanics" employ when they go to inspect my cars. They have no concept or knowledge of moments of force, tensile strength, vector algebra, plastic deformation, etc., etc., etc., yet they seem to think that any sizable hunk of metal beneath a vehicle is a suitable purchase for their floor jacks. Now, just visualize the powertrain of a Vanagon. Is the chassis hung from the engine/transaxle or is the powertrain hung from the chassis by rubber isolator mounts? You're right! So, in lifting the van by the transaxle, the least damage that can be done is that a rubber mount or two may be torn and it could escalate from there. |
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