Jacking up my RPod for inspection |
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francoisfrogpod
Senior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Location: Missouri Online Status: Offline Posts: 109 |
Topic: Jacking up my RPod for inspection Posted: 19 May 2013 at 12:40pm |
Hogone, that is some kind of woman, you'd better hang on to her!
Travis, did you have to pay more for the levitation option? :) |
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Denny and Linda
2013 Pod 177 '08 Santa Fe |
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Craneman
Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Tokeland,wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 387 |
Posted: 19 May 2013 at 11:36am |
Ok, nice pic thanks. Moe
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kymooses
Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 9:36pm |
Mine has the levitate feature.
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Bill-GA
Senior Member Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Cumming, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 214 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 9:09pm |
Interesting. My axle (2010) is welded to the flanges diagonally. It has a rounded square design like yours, but if I put a jack underneath it would only contact the rounded bottom corner. This is why I'm thinking of getting a 4x4 and making two 45 degree cuts on a flat side of the 4x4 to provide a 'V' bed for an extended contact on the axle between jack and axle. Also, my flanges extend 2-3" towards the front and are welded on two complete sides .... I'll get some pictures when the sun comes out in GA. Wouldn't a wooden block between your jack and axle distribute the weight across a larger area?
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Bill & Bev
13 yr old dachshund 'Elsa' 2010 RP-176T (tent & slide-out) 2011 Toyota Tundra 2WD TV |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1043 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 8:23pm |
high ridge, and she can do it with just one arm!!
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francoisfrogpod
Senior Member Joined: 24 Feb 2013 Location: Missouri Online Status: Offline Posts: 109 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 8:13pm |
Hogone, Thanks for your well-timed humor! What part of St. Louis are you from? I live about 50 miles south of St. Louis in DeSoto. You weren't in Union yesterday afternoon about 5:30, were you? I spotted a Pod at the intersection of Hwys. 50 and 47.
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Denny and Linda
2013 Pod 177 '08 Santa Fe |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1043 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 7:46pm |
I just have my wife lift the pod up for me for any repairs
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 5:26pm |
I lost a wheel at 100km an hour, there for I should have a kink in my axel, but I don't. Also AAA lifted the pod in the same spot.
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 5:20pm |
The argument is jacking under the axle like that will damage it. The forces of bumps and potholes is different.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 18 May 2013 at 5:06pm |
Came on Podders lets have a little common sense here, if I can't jack up my pod at this point
under my axel, because I may do damage to it, I better dont take it on the road, because a few bumps and potholes in the road put more stress onthe axel then an easy smooth lift by a jack IMHO.
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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