how not to lower your truck!

[glendale]

or check your jackstands. i lived no permant damage.

[blackedoutharley]

Wtf?

[glendale]

when you go to swap the five lug rear make sure you have the e-brake cable disconnected. otherwise you might just try and pull the truck over on your lap...

[blackedoutharley]

Holy!

Is that what happened?

[chevy_mike]

Damn!!! Glad you nor the truck were hurt.

Had a similar thing working on a Baja bug. I was resetting the rear spring plates to lift it. I had the jack chained to the body while I lifted up the spring plate to get it over the stop. The jack basically flipped itself under the load and the spring plate slammed the floor, knocking the whole car off the jack stands. Had my leg been under there, it would not be attached today. There is still a gouge in my parents garage floor.

[glendale]

yep!it freaked me out pretty bad.and i am a freak about jackstands. i always check them over pretty good. this time not enough..

[jonzcustomshop]

Is that driveway on a little bit of an angle too?
that could play into it.
my driveway slopes down a little, and makes me nervous to jack anything on it, stuff is always trying to move down hill....
glad/lucky you came out ok!

[irish1966]

Originally Posted by glendale

yep!it freaked me out pretty bad.and i am a freak about jackstands. i always check them over pretty good. this time not enough..

You are not alone. It happened to me dropping the tank on a camaro, but we managed to stabilize it before it fell. Wasn't a funny split second though. Just about crapped me pants. Wasn't my car either.

[geezer#99]

Heavy duty jackstands are good but I always throw the tires and rims under the frame somewhere too or use my floor jack as a backup under the rearend or front crossmember.

[losthope]

you always said you liked when the car was low and the club plauqe scraped on the ground but dang glendale!!

[glendale]

Originally Posted by losthope

you always said you liked when the car was low and the club plauqe scraped on the ground but dang glendale!!

yea no kidding. i keep looking at the pics thinking it looks sick that low!now get your ass up here and help me finish this pig..

[GGinferno]

Who needs air bags! when you can order a glendale lowering kit!

I dont trust jack for sH%T! at least you are still walking!

[glendale]

yea it was crazy. super slow motion. i still need to finish it.hey gg you taking your truck to billetproof?

[CenValyCali]

I just dropped a 68 on my face Saturday. Fractured my jaw in two places. The Doctor said it wasn't a emergency so I need to wait for surgery Glad your ok.

[Sillyoldman]

I got lucky with four broken ribs, torn cartilage and a dislocated shoulder. Now I usually put a 16" firewood round under anything I'm under. Scary stuff.

[shortbed70]

Glad to see your ok I also have had a vehicle come down on me but I was laying under it on jackstands and front wheels chocked well one of the supports on the stand broke and I moved just enough to not get my head smashed by the rearend.

[63rexC10]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

Is that driveway on a little bit of an angle too?
that could play into it.
my driveway slopes down a little, and makes me nervous to jack anything on it, stuff is always trying to move down hill....
glad/lucky you came out ok!

$h!t always rolls downhill. I'm glad you and the truck are That's definitely one way to lay frame

[fryer1979]

Glad you or the truck wasn't hurt. I've scared the crap out of myself a time or two with some wobbling on the stands. Never fun.

[63sbssbbw]

Glad your ok Glendale
My scariest predictament was swapping out a grenaded rear u-joint on the side of the highway on my lowered g body Grand prix with only a bumper jack, the cars whizzing by wasn't too bad,it was the semi trucks that made things move while I was under there.
I think back to that day everytime I jack up a vehicle.
Like others have said,anything you can throw under there as a secondary precaution is a good thing.
Years ago, my Dads neighbor never made it out from under his own ride.
T

[ChiefRocka]

Glad your ok man ...

Originally Posted by chevy_mike

Damn!!! Glad you nor the truck were hurt.

Had a similar thing working on a Baja bug. I was resetting the rear spring plates to lift it. I had the jack chained to the body while I lifted up the spring plate to get it over the stop. The jack basically flipped itself under the load and the spring plate slammed the floor, knocking the whole car off the jack stands. Had my leg been under there, it would not be attached today. There is still a gouge in my parents garage floor.

Good 'ol VW spring plates !!

Never had that problem as a kid, due to the fact mine were turned up like 3 notches !! Although, the Dune-buggy might be a different story !!