# yes it's true **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/yes-its-true/194232 "2007-12-16T14:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/yes-its-true/194232/27 "2007-12-18T15:32:16Z")
> [@every one prey](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/every-one-prey/33958/21): > > Jeff told me about this today. Definitely sucks, I just don’t understand how these things happen. Everytime I put my car on the lift I raise it a little and do the shake test. It just seems like common sense to me that you triple check the stability of a few thousand pound car that could crush you in a second. > [@Driveway pics of the Poopra](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/driveway-pics-of-the-poopra/33951/14): > > If you can’t put a car on a lift you shouldn’t be working on them, sorry about your luck Eric. I understand where you are coming from, but stuff does happen. Like I said, mine almost fell off Hybrid’s lift & I checked it everytime. Jay & I were doing the headers & they were on/off about 25-30 times. The truck needed set down all the way every time to access the 2 header bolts on each side. It was when it was down all the way (when the suspension became loaded again) it would push the 2 2x8" “risers” off to one side or the other, which in turn moved the truck about 1/2" each time (of course Jay or I did not notice this - the risers were needed because the truck is too low to get the lift arms under it.). The lift was always contacting the frame of the truck & still had weight on it. All that really happened in my case was that the lift arm moved over & the truck became flexed on the lift. I set it back down immediately and corrected the issue. It still scared the shit out of Jay & I, though. Before/after this, every time the truck was lifted, I gave it the shake test & it always passed. So shit does happen, no matter how careful you are. Eric, sorry about your car & I hope everything works out. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/yes-its-true/194232)._