well, it's just metal, a very workable material.
you either bend, or cut and get back to shape, the re-weld.........
or ..........hey.......even cut good jacking points off a donor vanagon body
..........
cut the old smashed ones off, weld on the new ones , etc.
whatever it takes - it's metal, a very workable material.

I've never thought of cutting jacking points off a vanagon body
before............but I do have a totally rust free vanagon donor body, if
that's something the poster would be interested in.

And you gotta carry at Least One alterative/extra jack if you are at all
serious about self-rescue.

Wouldn't syncro owners that go bashing off road look around and underneath
at things after a 'really good' rock bashing session anyway ?
You'd think some might.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
( speaking of this sort of thing...........one thing that seems very unwise
to me is spare tire holders for underneath the front for a bigger than a
stock spare tire, but there is no protection for the sidewall  of that spare
tire...........one whole sidewall is hanging out for any sharp rock to jump
up and poke a hole in it.  The stock 'fully covers the sidewall' spare tire
carrier only seems smart to me. )

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Whittaker" <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: smashed jack point

hmm do we need to bring up the plug your tires your self- kit debate
also-
i have a hydraulic bottle jack for situations where OEM vehicle jack fails
to be clear i lean as i go -
listen to older mechanics -
move through my bently page by page with wrench in hand
as if i were reading *Ana�s Nin ...
one of my favorite woman writers
yours
*

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Richard A Jones <jones@colorado.edu> wrote:

> I picked up a huge screw in a rear tire today on a busy
> street in Boulder.  I pulled off, looked, thought (only
> a couple of blocks to my tire dealer....) and decided
> I wouldn't make it.
>
> So I got out my jack.  First time in the Syncro after
> seven years and miles of back roads.
>
> Well, the jack would not fit into the rear passenger
> jack point!  It fit into the two fronts, and sort of
> fit into the L rear.  The rears had been smashed up.
> In an instant I determined that I could never bend the
> metal of that jack point open....
>
> AAA to the rescue.
>
> Now I need to have those pulled down to open them up
> so when I go 30 miles on 4x4 roads like Wheeler Geologic
> Area--and have to change a tire--I won't be SOOL.
>
> The body shop that used floor pots to pull my skid rails
> down a little can probably take care of this, but has
> anybody else had this situation and what did you do?
>
> I'm just glad it happend in Boulder instead of Nowhere,
> Utah!
>
> Richard
>

--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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