being a bonehead

[Scott Johnson <scott@domain.elided>]

Well, I did my darndest to jack my car into the air, but I ended up with 
body damage anyway. Since I didn't have anything to protect the axle 
housing from the floor jack cup, I used the rear jackpoints instead (I 
needed to get the driveshaft out for a U-joint exam and a rear seal 
change). The jack points are rock-solid, not a speck of rust near them. 
I put it up high enough to get the stands under the axle tubes at their 
lowest setting, then slowly jacked each side up, alternating, so I could 
get the car two notches on the jackstand higher each time. I left it at 
five notches.

So I'm sitting cleaning off the axle and I notice I have a roughly 
rectangular dent just forward of the rear tire well. Push your finger 
into your arm just slightly and that's what I got. Great.

Thing is, I don't know what I did wrong, other than not trying harder to 
find some sort of padding to lift it from the center of the axle.

Well, anyway, just venting. Guess I need to take it to a frame alignment 
shop now. Oh joy...

Scott Johnson
71 1750 Spider
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