1992 CHEVROLET LUMINA
14,000 MILES
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WYRTWISTER
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I have been working on a couple of Chevy's .

First was a Caprice . It has a full frame . Lots of places to position a floor jack .

Next was a 1992 Lumina 4 door sedan . As a uni-body car , the jack positions are extremely limited , at least in the back . I decided to put a jack stand under the right rear trailing arm and slowly release pressure from the jack . Watch things real closely to make sure all was well .

After all , the original trailing arm was made from what looked like just heavy sheet metal bent in kind of a " V " .

Well , you guessed it . Somehow , I opened up the relief / drain valve on the floor jack , too quickly . Before I could stop it , the car came down too quickly and the trailing arm bent . Son of a gun !

As if I did not have enough things to repair , I had just created another item for the list ! :-(

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Oct 20, 2012 at 9:28 AM
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WRENCHTECH
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Is there a question in there?
Oct 20, 2012 at 9:42 AM
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WYRTWISTER
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Sorry , the square " shaft " is offset to one side . Does the offset go towards the inside of the car or the outside of the car ?

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Oct 20, 2012 at 9:50 AM
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I don't see what you're referring to. You should be able to see whatever you need to know on the other side of the car. http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa448/Wrenchtech/42122658.gif
Oct 20, 2012 at 9:57 AM