Thanks for the replies. It looks like the bottle jack wins. I have this thing
about crawling under something I'm trying to jack up - call it concern - fear of
5 tonners falling on me......what ever. Anyway the long frame jack is nice for
that - I can stand about 3 feet from the truck while raising it up, but that
doesn't work too well for that center axle. Oh well, guess I will revert to the
bottle jack and block the other wheels really well.
Thanks for the replies.
Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Randy Orpe wrote:
> Use a 10 ton bottle jack and jack up under the axle housing. Use a 4" x 4" x
> 3/4 or 1" steel plate between the jack and the housing to protect the
> housing
>
> Randy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: DaveCole <davidcole@tk7.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:00 PM
> Subject: [MV] Jacking a 5 tonner?
>
> > This might sound pretty stupid, but I'm a bit perplexed.
> >
> > I have to jack up the forward rear axle on my 5 ton to remove one set of
> > duals. How should I do this?? The jack (long frame 5 ton) won't reach
> > under the that axle housing - can't get the right angle. Should I put the
> > jack under the center pivot trunnion and raise the entire right rear side?
> > I don't want to damage the trunnion. I looked at the manual and can't see
> > any mention of jacking points for the rear axle assembly.
> >
> > The rear axle would be no problem - rear access, the front rear axle isn't
> so
> > obvious. What do you guys do??
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
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