Trolly jack lifting points on estate

[Smudgers]

Any ideas where the safest place to lift car with trolly jack may be ? - normal jacking points not looking suitable due to welded seam.

 

About to change to winter wheels - last year garage did it for me :$$$: :$$$:

 

So thought I'd do it myself this year.

 

Also any idea as to torque settings for 16" Alloys wheel bolts?

 

Thanks

 

Smudger

[The Zee]

120 mn / 88 pound foot

 

I have used a trolly jack on the standard points with no issues.

[Smudgers]

Interesting, my std jacking points have a body work seam that the car jack fits around and does not actually touch when jacking. By using a trolly jack the weight of the car will be through this welded seam and I would guess the underseal and anti corrosion coatings would be damages as a result + I guess I could deform the seam.

 

Or am I just being over cautious ?

 

I wounder if the cars body has changed - mines an 2013 MY is yours earlier / later ?

[The Zee]

yes it does jack up on the seems. I have not had any damage as i put a piece of foam between the jack and the car to save damage to the underseal. The foam flattens under the weight of the jack so doesn't slip. Mind you I always place axle stands near by as a belt and braces approach. I reguarly do this to clean the backs of the wheels.  Mines a 2012.

 

Lets be honest your just as likely to damage the protection with the standard jack.

[Smudgers]

Fair enough,

 

Thanks

[jonathan.tong]

You might want to read this thread though: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/319180-crushed-jacking-points/?hl=%2Bjack#entry3860952

[The Zee]

You might want to read this thread though: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/319180-crushed-jacking-points/?hl=%2Bjack#entry3860952

good thread, will make one of those up for myself - just in case

 

cheers

[silver1011]

If you jack up on the sill seams only then they will bend.

 

There are two dedicated jacking points on each sill, front and rear, marked with arrows/indents.

 

At these points behind the sill seam is a section of reinforcement designed to aid the use of a trolley jack.

 

Take a look at the standard scissor jack (if supplied), you'll notice that the 'U' shaped head is actually offset, higher at the backside - so it meets the reinforced section first.

 

The hockey puck squashes around the soft seam and protects it, as does a small piece of wood behind the seam. This ensures that the reinforced section takes the weight, not the sill seam.

[Smudgers]

Silver1011,

 

Thanks I did indeed do as you suggested BUT although I searched on hands and knees AND with a torch try as I might I was unable to locate the arrows/indents on the sills - I don't know why may car does not have them ? Looked on both sides but nothing :S

 

In the end took a guess based on where I thought the supplied car jack would fit and jacked it up with a short plank of wood to spread the load.

[silver1011]

They are there but are very easily obscured by dirt etc.

 

Glad you got sorted though!

 

[peterposh]

I always use a peice of 15 mil plywood between the jack and the car body

[josj]

How about axle stands, where can you put them? If I'm jacking the car at the designated point, I would need another place to put the axle stand, one in the front and one in the rear. I want to take off both front and rear wheel at the same time to paint the calipers.

[silver1011]

This is where I located the axle stands on the front of my Superb...

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/346425-oil-and-air-filter-change-skoda-superb-cr140-cffb/