From: Everette (194cbteng@pchnet.com)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 04:25:58 PST
I read where they were doing this in a commercial truck shop and the
mechanic rolled (by accident) edge of creeper under spinning rear wheel and
it threw him and creeper across shop into wall, killing him.
Everette wrote:
>
> Lots of possibilities -- axle bearings, as he suspects, ring and pinion,
> inner bearings, pinion bearing, spider gears, One of these stethoscope
> things might be handy for pinpointing where noise is coming from -- NO I
do
> not mean ride creeper under vehicles as it goes down road, jack it up and
> secure very good put in gear and run engine.
AND ALWAYS HAVE A HELPER STANDING BY READY WHEN DOING A DANGEROUS JOB
LIKE THAT!
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