fields_mj
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Okay, so I'm changing the ball joints on a 2000 F350 4x4. I put it up on jack stands, and proceeded to dismantle everything. I ran into some issues where I didn't have the right tools for this specific axle, and had to order them. While I was waiting on the tools to arrive, the rain came. After the 2nd day of rain the jacks shifted and the truck slide about 18" as they toppled over. The passenger side mirror is now about 8" from my travel trailer, and the trailer axle is now in the way of putting the passenger side drive shaft back in... but I digress. Since it was going to get down around 0 the next several days, I laid in the mud with my 12 ton bottle jack, and got the axle up out of the mud and onto some 8x8 solid oak blocks that I happened to have. The problem is that the jack stands tore the snot out of the ground under the axle, so now there's not a spot underneath flat enough to put the jack. I had to put it under the leaf springs in order to get it up this far, but now I'm out of travel on the jack and I still need to go quite a ways before I can get another set of jack stands under it.
Any one have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mark
Any one have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mark