Jacking up front axle

Hi. I have a '67 G20 108 van with solid I beam front axle.

I am wondering if it's ok to put the floor jack in the middle of the front axle and jack up the front of the vehicle that way, or if this will bend the front axle and cause problems. Then I would put jack stands on either side of the axle or on the "frame".

Meanwhile I'll just be using the jacking points on either side of the vehicle....

Thanks, G-man.

I'm in the SF Bay Area. I'm in the middle of replacing the plug wires so I wanted to get the thing up off the ground a little so I can make sure the wires aren't hitting the exhaust pipe.

It's got a later Mallory HEI distributor/ignition module. The Moroso plug wires someone put on it (I've had the van a couple of weeks) are too short and were hitting the exhaust manifold. The new ones are quite long so I will make sure they are routed correctly. I figure shorter is better for less resistance but not if the wires are getting scorched.

I'll post some photos asap. It's a cool van, but not without "needs".

You must have a V-8 in your 67??? The plug wires on my 68 G-20 with a 307 are real long. They run them down behind motor then across below manafolds ,then up to plugs.

Just curious - what happened to all the other posts/photos in this thread?

WE HAD A SERVER GLITCH.... AND WE LOST SOME POSTS .........

welcome veefre! Glad to see SF Bay represented... one of my favorite places on earth! Nice chev!

Photos of '67 G20 again...

Damn thats a nice van there Veefre, too bad all of you are popping up now in the general area, and I am heading farther away, oh well, maybe I'll get to meet some of you someday!!

Mark

Thanks, Mark.

Hey, windows are nice, too!

Where is Oregon House? Never heard of it...

We are about 40 minutes east of Yuba City/Marysville, which is about an hour North of Sacramento.
Yeah we like the windows, my daughter Marlee, just turned 2 and loves vans , especially with windows so she can enjoying viewing the world as it goes by, when she isn't sleeping of course!

Mark