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Originally Posted by Bigplanz
I had a car fall off a jack once. I was standing beside it; no injuries, but not something you forget. I had to replace a starter in a downtown parking garage and it took two trips on the bus to get the jack stands and blocks to the car.  |
When I was younger, I jacked up my truck to look at the rear brakes. My intentions were to pull the drum off and decide if I need new shoes, then put the drum and wheel back on. I figured that this wouldn't take long, so why bother getting jack stands, right?
Wrong.
As soon as I slid the wheel off of the lugs, the jack started failing. A seal gave out and the truck slowly started dropping. My father started pumping the jack to try to keep it up, but with every pump, it would fall a little faster. So, he was pumping away as fast as possible while I was trying to get one lug nut started to hold the wheel on.
That was enough to scare me.
Sorry about straying off topic.
I've read horror stories on car forums, and always feel the need to mention jack stands everytime someone works on a car. Good to know you have it covered.
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