I'll only add, do be careful while working and wrenching hard under the car. Over the last weekend a good friend was injured in Moab, when he crawled under someone elses vehicle to help fix a broken axle. While pulling on a part, the vehicle fell on him. 4 men and 2 women LIFTED the Isuzu Rodeo off him so he could slide out. He wad a cut on his head, but had taken a lot of weight on his abdomen. It took 45 minutes for help to arrive (Search and Rescue on ATVs and a helo). He was in bad shape with internal bleeding. He needed to be revived once during the helo flight. Emergency surgery repaired the tears in artery to his colon. He MIGHT get to go home tomorrow.
I only mention this to remind everyone to be careful. I'm a big guy, but I can't possibly bench press even a Metro. A couple extra minutes to make sure the vehicle was safe to work under would have meant a little extra time on the trail, but beers and laughter for everyone once back to the campsite. It sure could have been worse.
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