03-18-2019, 05:30 AM
Regarding my earlier post with the photos:
I took these photos when I was at a bus shop where I go to work on the bus with their help/advice. As I learned from Richard, Newell recommends placing the jackstand forward of the rear axle on the tower that the radius arms attach to. Normally we/they do place the jackstand in that position and use a "plate type" 20 ton jackstand when possible.
I'm not sure why they didn't use that point in this case but I specifically asked if that was a safe place for the jackstand and they said it was on a solid, well supported part of the frame and would be fine. Maybe because it's there mainly to support the frame if the air bags failed. Probably would have been best to support both areas with jackstands along with the jack just in case.
I took these photos when I was at a bus shop where I go to work on the bus with their help/advice. As I learned from Richard, Newell recommends placing the jackstand forward of the rear axle on the tower that the radius arms attach to. Normally we/they do place the jackstand in that position and use a "plate type" 20 ton jackstand when possible.
I'm not sure why they didn't use that point in this case but I specifically asked if that was a safe place for the jackstand and they said it was on a solid, well supported part of the frame and would be fine. Maybe because it's there mainly to support the frame if the air bags failed. Probably would have been best to support both areas with jackstands along with the jack just in case.