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Location: Edmonton, Alberta | It's time my 440 left my Fury for it's new re-built 318.
My question for the group is.... where are safe points to lift on the 440? My thoughts were to attach a chain through a couple of the intake manifold bolts with bolts and washers.
Is this a good idea? Is it just dumb? Another option to me is that the car has an Edlebrock 440 torquer (spelling?) manifold. There is space there where I could slip a chain under the manifold and lift from there... I think.....
Long and short.... not sure where to go with this. I don't want to just rip and tear... I want to put a little though into this to avoid damage.
Edited by sconut1 2015-01-21 1:26 AM
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Location: Newark, Texas (Fort Worth) | http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/engine-lifting-80252.html |
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Location: WHEELING,WV.>>>HOME OF WWVA | best thing maybe for ya to do is get a lifting plate and an engine leveler , both are self explaining . they make things a whole lot easier . it'll be so easy , one person
can do it alone with no cussin or yellin ---------------------------------------later |
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Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada | Gord, I have lots of logging chains here, if you need em...  |
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Location: NorCal | I like to use the 3/8" threaded holes in the end of the head, puts the bolts in shear instead of tensile. You can loop a chain between them or use a load-leveler attached to them.
Edited by 57chizler 2015-01-21 2:02 PM
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta | Chizler....when you say sheer v. tensile, .... do you mean to place the bolt so I'm pulling at a 90 degree angle (more or less) to the bolt as opposed to running the bolt in and pulling against it (ex....attempting to pull a wheel off a car without removing the lug nuts.... sorry... simplest example I could think of!).
Thanks to everyone who posted. Excellent information here. I have access to a leveler like 60 Dart posted. I think that will make life a lot easier. That link got me concerned about the plate though. I think that manifold might be aluminum. I'd definitely try the plate if I had the cast manifold. It looks slick.
Edited by sconut1 2015-01-21 11:25 PM
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Yes, shear is pulling sideways on the bolt while tensile is pulling straight on the head of the bolt. The tensile strength of a bolt is usually higher than shear but shear puts the stress on the bolt itself rather than on the material the bolt is threaded into. |
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"Safe" lift points on a 440 or other B engine
