Van will also Rise a bit when Eng' Weight goes away ~ Ooops, sent to soon < If You have it on Tires on Ramps ~ On 23 Sep , 2017, at 11:55 AM, Neil N wrote: > On 9/23/17, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > >>> ....... I want as little body movement as possible. > >> >> You'll do better with that if you have it on stands all around, instead of >> those big squishy springs. 1/8" or better plate a foot square would do >> nicely I would think. > > Right. Wondered about that. I guess even entering exiting driver door > might shift things. Hmmm...... more logistics. When using jack stands > I always support the van with blocks as back up support. I could at > least tack weld jack stand feet to plate steel. 1' square per jack > should keep it from sinking into dirt over time. > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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