I will check on the coverage and try and take a few photos and I have learned a hard lesson indeed concerning lifting vehicles. Thanks Rick On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Can you send some pictures of the damage? Do you have comprehensive > coverage? This may be covered. It is always poor practice to lift at a > corner or side with one end off the suspension. A great way to tweak the > body and chassis. > > Dennis, > From my phone. > ------------------------------ > From: Richard Koller <brvkoller@GMAIL.COM> > Sent: 11/9/2015 10:23 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Front suspension bushing overhaul plus > > Thanks to all who provided great advice and parts for my suspension > project. I installed a complete set of front Powerflex bushings from T3. > Once I got the hang of the suspension quirks and it all went together > fairly smoothly. And then disaster struck, I had the van on jackstands up > front and decided to rotate the tires. I foolishly started jacking the rear > thinking all would be secure and didn't realize ( and I should have ) that > the front was also rising off the jackstands. So of course the jack in the > back shifted and down went the syncro. Fortunately I was at the rear and > not in the way of the fall. Unfortunately, I had a bottle jack under the > control arm and the van shifted just perfectly so that it landed on the > bottle jack with the front subframe. One of the side frames hit dead center > on the jack and of course the frame was severely bent. I'm thinking the > subframe is toast and not repairable am I correct? All advice and severe > lecturing welcome. > Foolish ( but not crushed ) Rick Koller > |
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