A great place to jack a car

JohnH wrote:

> 223rem wrote:
> > Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars.
>
> And all this time I thought a good place to jack a car was the frame. Go
> figure.

Be careful. My car has "chassis rails" that run down the length of the
car. But most of the length of them is just flimsy metal (it's only the
bits forward of about the driver's door hinge that are strong metal and
help to support the engine and trans), I really have no idea why the
car designer put them there. Anyway, I tried to jack my car up on
these rails one time to change a wheel, thinking they were real
chassis rails, and they just crumpled. I then tried using the sills,
which also buckled. Finally I decided to put the jack under the
suspension arm (which I still do, unless I'm planning to remove
part of the suspension!).

Anyhow, one time recently I went to my local inspection station
(NZ requires six-monthly inspections), and there was a new guy
on, and he failed it due to buckled chassis rails -- a $200 job for
a panelbeater to fix. Gah...

JohnH wrote:

> 223rem wrote:
> > Those self-serve car washes are great places for jacking cars.
>
> And all this time I thought a good place to jack a car was the frame. Go
> figure.

Be careful. My car has "chassis rails" that run down the length of the
car. But most of the length of them is just flimsy metal (it's only the
bits forward of about the driver's door hinge that are strong metal and
help to support the engine and trans), I really have no idea why the
car designer put them there. Anyway, I tried to jack my car up on
these rails one time to change a wheel, thinking they were real
chassis rails, and they just crumpled. I then tried using the sills,
which also buckled. Finally I decided to put the jack under the
suspension arm (which I still do, unless I'm planning to remove
part of the suspension!).

Anyhow, one time recently I went to my local inspection station
(NZ requires six-monthly inspections), and there was a new guy
on, and he failed it due to buckled chassis rails -- a $200 job for
a panelbeater to fix. Gah...

223rem > wrote in
news:l40wf.691135$_o.33579@attbi_s71:

> Dan J.S. wrote:
>
>> there are handguns with the .223 caliber... they are goofy looking ,
>> but they exist.
>
> You mean they shoot 223 remington ammo? That's not possible.

http://www.tcarms.com/TC_HTML/TC_G2_Pistol_CalChart.htm

"Joe Bramblett, KD5NRH" > wrote in
2:

> 223rem > wrote in
> news:l40wf.691135$_o.33579@attbi_s71:
>
>> Dan J.S. wrote:
>>
>>> there are handguns with the .223 caliber... they are goofy looking ,
>>> but they exist.
>>
>> You mean they shoot 223 remington ammo? That's not possible.
>
> http://www.tcarms.com/TC_HTML/TC_G2_Pistol_CalChart.htm
>

Also the Carbon-15 handgun.
Looks like an AR-15 with no buttstock,and a 9" barrel.

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