I'm A Muppet! Xantia - DO NOT JACK HERE!!!!!!
Nearly lost my hands
I sorted my handbrake cables out,on the calipers.Unsiezed them/adjusted/copperslipped etc. Axle stands,wood blocks aplenty,well supported.
Whipped out all the stands and noticed summat else (crank pulley - nuther post )
Went under the car again and thought...it'll be alright..just on the trolley jack,while I have a quick look...
...anyway, in a moment of...ffs,it'll only take a minute to bung some support under it, (so I put some wood blocks under the sill), and,.....Within seconds of me having my hands in/around the driveshaft area...the car sank
I'd jacked it up on this bracket thing/towing eye/new car tie down thing?
So it dropped on the wood blocks,phew!
Bloody lucky escape,glad I always check the car's supported..even if it is 'gay' ...(anyone with teenagers will understand that this use of over cautioness is gay, apparently )
So please take care whilst jacking your car,I've been mechanicing (diy) 30 years,but there's always summat can catch you out
I'm A Muppet! Xantia - DO NOT JACK HERE!!!!!!
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I'm A Muppet! Xantia - DO NOT JACK HERE!!!!!!
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A timely reminder Dave - glad you are OK! I only ever jack / support under the front subframe - or if I have to under the reinforced part of the sill.
Also worth remembering that you should not venture under a hydraulic Citroen unless it is properly supported - the suspension can collapse without warning, and squash you. Which would rather spoil your day
Also worth remembering that you should not venture under a hydraulic Citroen unless it is properly supported - the suspension can collapse without warning, and squash you. Which would rather spoil your day
Richard W
Well now you know mate..unless you like hospitals I'd steer well clear of said bracketjgra1 wrote:guilty of trying that place to jack Dave
Jim, yes it snapped the nipple off the washer bottle.I've bodged it with superglue/fibreglass and p38 filler,topped off with underseal lol.
When it first collapsed I thought I'd done the radiator in,so bit lucky there
1999 Xantia LX 2.0 HDI 110 Rusteration project...