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Old 10-27-2020, 05:49 PM   #51
ForBruce
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Originally Posted by Jeff Myers View Post
I agree with Dieselguys' solution also. I have a former spring plate from some older vehicle(not sure what it was) that was passed on to me by my father. It cradles under both spring U bolts at the same time, and sets atop of an 8 ton bottle jack, it works perfect! The wheel only needs to be lifted less than an inch off of the ground so this works perfectly. It is also very stable. I don't have a pic of it, but when I get the beast out of storage I will try to remember to get one.
please post a pic of the spring plate.. i am going to build one and i want to see all my options....

does it look like this....and does anyone know the axle diameter of the montana High country 385br
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