Safety under the car

[SmokyMo]

Jesus reading that post put a fear of god into me now... I was always a bit paro getting under the car

[Smokey Bear]

I honestly think the ratchet was not properly engaged. As long as the ratchet is engaged and the full weight of that corner is on the stand the design of the stand means that you only have 40-50mm of a lever to lift in around 250kg.

I really think its a case of operator error in this story or else some sort of failure in the stand. I have tried a coule of times to shift the lever on my stands and I never have been able to with the car on the stand.

Its a very sad story and it should motivate people to be aware of the dangers when working under a car.

[KevinF]

I honestly think the ratchet was not properly engaged. As long as the ratchet is engaged and the full weight of that corner is on the stand the design of the stand means that you only have 40-50mm of a lever to lift in around 250kg.

I really think its a case of operator error in this story or else some sort of failure in the stand. I have tried a coule of times to shift the lever on my stands and I never have been able to with the car on the stand.

Its a very sad story and it should motivate people to be aware of the dangers when working under a car.

I agree fully with that, I had a car up on these type stands after I read this and it took a lot of effort to get it to drop.
Basically needing to lever the weight of the car up past the ratchet point, not something you'd be able to do from under the car

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