Use your axle stands!

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:25 am

Hey guys,

I am here lucky to have fingers to type with....

On Satuday night I bled the brakes on my ET.

After I had finished I was putting one of the rear wheels when the car fell off the trolley jack.

Before I had time to react, the fingers of my right hand were trapped between the lip of the guard and the unattached wheel.

Luckily my Dad was home and quickly jacked the car up, I was only trapped for 2 minutes or so.

Fortunately all I suffered was some crushed tendons, No cuts or fractures.

I have to put up with 'pins & needles' and numbness for this week until the swelling goes down.

Anyway I thought I would share this with all of you as a reminder to be safe when working on your car - Always use axle stands.

You might not be as lucky as me.

Post by **shanec86** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:50 am

Hence the reason for the big red warning stickers on jacks

Lucky u didnt chop ur fingers off!

BennyET · Post by **BennyET** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:09 pm

at least it was just your fingers, i've seen dudes get under cars held only by a trolley jack, hell even std jacks only holding one side up! PURE MADNESS!!

remember level ground, axle stands AND chock the wheels, never trust a jack. dont lean on a car when its up in the air. lots of people die every year being crushed by cars/trucks.

Kimmo · Post by **Kimmo** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:46 pm

Gotta get some...

Last time I had to get under the car, I really had to wrestle with it to get the alternator out (unbolting strut upright and yanking it forwards, etc)... and I'm looking at the poxy little jack, thinking that's not cool...

So a couple of wheels and lumps of wood under the sills saw to my peace of mind.

If you have to get by in a pinch, you can still cover your arse, guys. Take the time to figure something out.

Post by **The Renegade** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:13 pm

Yeah, like Kimmo said - It's a rule of mine no matter what I have holding the car up to put one or more wheels under it laying down (or if I've no wheels off I use the spare.)
Might bust a nice wheel, but it's better than yer head.

BennyET · Post by **BennyET** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:05 pm

nota bene, axle stands are $30 form superrip or glitterbarn

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:48 pm

I have a set of axle stands, I wish I had used them.

leayr · Post by **leayr** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:48 pm

my exa came off the jack when taking the gearbox out so lucky me or my brother were not under it at the time and didnt even do any damage cheers leayr

SiniT · Post by **SiniT** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:25 pm

isnt it amazing when a jack collapses on a mate , how STRONG you suddenly become ?

BQ-05-TY · Post by **BQ-05-TY** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:31 pm

hell yer u get strong

my mate had an xd falcon come down on him

and holy shit 3 of us picked it up to get him out

SiniT · Post by **SiniT** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:50 pm

BQ-05-TY wrote:hell yer u get strong

my mate had an xd falcon come down on him

and holy shit 3 of us picked it up to get him out

uh huh , we lifted a HZ off my mate ...

BQ-05-TY · Post by **BQ-05-TY** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:54 pm

moral to the story never do a big ass gearbox at home by urself

hes lucky we got there wen we did