Has anyone purchased a trolley jack pad for the vehicle.

I have a trolley jack with a 5cm diameter cup and I purchased a pinched seam adapter pad from Amazon which sits nicely in the cup but the groove seems to be too deep for the sills.

Any advice on pads or a DIY approach to avoid damage to the seams would be appreciated.

 

If the groove is deeper then the sill, it should work fine right?

 

Do you mean too shallow?

No I mean the groove is too deep - I was expecting the base of the still to be in contact with the bottom of the groove? I thought the pad would split otherwise and also thought the base of the still should bare the weight?  Not done this before so bare with me please....

I bought a couple of hockey pucks off eBay and cut my own groove in them to match the sill...

 

 

Loads on eBay, some are even pre-cut for you...

 

 

Edited 14 November, 20187 yr by silver1011

I think the OP already has something similar:  "I purchased a pinched seam adapter pad".

 

It's not a problem if the seam doesn't touch the bottom. The chassis has been reinforced in the area so having the car's weight to either side of the seam is perfectly fine. Take a look at the standard jack, it should be similar.

 

Just make sure you you place the adaptor on the jacking point

I was on the understanding that the weight should be loaded on the inside of the seam, not the outside (i.e. the outer sill). This is why the supplied scissor jack has different heights on the 'U' shaped head, the inner leg of the head is higher so it contacts the car first and takes the majority of the weight.

 

The beauty of a hockey puck, rather than some of the 'pinched seam adaptor pads' I've seen online is that they can be cut to match the seam, and are soft so much more forgiving in terms of distributing the load correctly.

 

The outer sill is quite soft, even in the areas around the jacking point so it is wise to be cautious. Things might have changed with the Karoq.

Thanks for the advice. Sounds like I might be able to cut the adapter I have purchased to do the job by making one side of the groove higher than the other. 

Looks like things have changed. There is no bias on the Karoq. The images in the manual suggest that the seam takes the whole load...

 

Yes I had a look at this this evening.  I also had a look at the emergency jack in the boot and there is definately no bias. The diagram does show the seam bearing the load. Don't know if this means it has to.

The jacking pad I have will cause the load to be spread either side of the seam. I'll have a go at cutting it down. If this doesnt work what other options do I have? I don't trust that my local garage will do a better job than completely inexperienced me.

I've seen talk of people using a block of wood in other forums and have also read that some folk don't use a jacking pad at all.

Have the wheelsmin the garage and the weather is looking grim up hear next week so it's this weekends job. Carmis less than a week old so any further advice or recommendations would be great.

Thanks

Stephen

 

 

 

If you have a rubber pad and a trolly jack and are on a flat solid surface/ground that gives you the opportunity to access any number of suitable points on the chassis and suspension to jack the vehicle up ,as the scissor jack is designed for roadside emergencies using the sill.having owned some oldish cars which tended to have rusted out sills this is a jacking point I would never use to jack the car up.

19 hours ago, silver1011 said:

I bought a couple of hockey pucks off eBay and cut my own groove in them to match the sill...

 

 

Loads on eBay, some are even pre-cut for you...

 

 

I’ve been looking at this picture and it makes me cringe thare is no problem with using a puck but there’s not enough souport from the steal cup on that jack your better of with a flat pad on your jack 

 sorry to be all doom and gloom 

"Support" for the puck or support for the car?

 

Worked a treat for years. Once the jack has taken the weight of the car and compressed the puck it's going no where...

 

 

 

 

Edited 15 November, 20187 yr by silver1011

I too have used a puck for many years. It is a standard un-cut one.

 

My jack cup is much larger than the one above and the puck sits very centrally

 

The puck compresses and it seems to work perfectly

I think what a Patrolman was saying is not the use of a puck but the fact it’s balanced on the cup of the jack rather than sat within it. 

I have a slotted puck left over from when I had my Octavia and it was good for jacking up using the sill. It was deeper than the sill seam so the weight was taken the chassis platform and sill but never damaged either.

The pucks are too hard to use anywhere else though as there is little deformation to the surface so you get little contact. I use a Hilka jack pad after the original one became too damaged. The Hilka one fits nearly all jack cups as it will sit within the larger ones or over the smaller and is kept secure with multiple size recesses so the small cup sit within it. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Hilka-Rubber-Jack-Pad-Lifting-Vehicle-Underside-Protection-100mm-Dia-82998011/1852252587?iid=112791565893

My trolley jack is rated at 2 tonnes, bought from Halfords years and years ago.

 

It's only used to lift the car two or three times a year. When it's days are numbered I'll be looking for something similar, it's offered stellar service.

 

With a Skoda Superb on it, the squashed rubber puck isn't going anywhere