Hi all

in the past I’ve jacked the back up using trolley jack in middle of the lower suspension arms, fronts I’ve used car’s own jack as no where really to get the trolley jack in.

Yes I could jack up on sills with the trolley jack but would rather not. 

Tyre garage had when I came back : ( 

 

On ebay  I’ve just came across some trolley jack rubber pads with slots in which would be ideal, product No (273078175347) can get link to work.

Had any used anything like it ??? And if so could recommend one ???

Also how deep should the slot be ??

 

cheers all 

Looks just like a hockey puck I use but I had to make the groove larger as it still caught the paint on the sill. Now the jack metal does not damage the car. Simple thing really. 

You should never jack in the middle of the control arms, they're not engineered for that type of load. The factory recommendation is to jack at the points where the subframe is bolted onto the chassis.

 

Failing that I've found putting a block of wood on the jack pad and jacking at the sills works as long as you're careful and pay attention to the jack as the car is going up.

Stole this from other post to highlight no jacking
They even put a sticker on it

The jacking points are marked on the sill with an indented triangle. A trolley jack and puck work a treat...

 

 

 

2 hours ago, silver1011 said:

The jacking points are marked on the sill with an indented triangle. A trolley jack and puck work a treat...

 

 

 

It looks like you are jacking up on the sill lip ?? Is that correct 

I was thinking the groove wanted to be deep enough to avoid the sill lip 

2 hours ago, Snapper1725 said:

It looks like you are jacking up on the sill lip ?? Is that correct 

I was thinking the groove wanted to be deep enough to avoid the sill lip 

 

No, if the groove was deep enough so the lip wasn’t used you would flatten the sills.

 

They are designed to be jacked up on the lip.

3 hours ago, Gizmo said:

 

No, if the groove was deep enough so the lip wasn’t used you would flatten the sills.

 

They are designed to be jacked up on the lip.

Ok, I thought the weight of the car was taken on the area behind the lip and the small slot/notch in the lip was to make sure the dedicated car jack was located in the correct place so that part of the jack behind sill lip took the weight 

It's a bit of both to be honest.

 

If you look at the shape of the standard scissor jack provided with Superb's with the spare wheel kit, you'll see that the top of the jack is stepped. It's higher on the inside than it is on the outside.

 

My picture is a little misleading, in that the puck isn't compressed, there's no weight on it when I took the picture. Once it compresses it moulds around the front, middle and rear of the sill, doing a fair job of spreading the load and protecting the sill.

 

I normally jack it up using the sill, and then lower it onto axle stands under the front suspension.

 

It's 8 years old now and I jack it up roughly four times a year, twice for the winter wheel swap, and twice for servicing. No damage to the sills, although I have split a few hockey pucks over the years.

On 14/03/2019 at 08:59, silver1011 said:

It's a bit of both to be honest.

 

If you look at the shape of the standard scissor jack provided with Superb's with the spare wheel kit, you'll see that the top of the jack is stepped. It's higher on the inside than it is on the outside.

 

My picture is a little misleading, in that the puck isn't compressed, there's no weight on it when I took the picture. Once it compresses it moulds around the front, middle and rear of the sill, doing a fair job of spreading the load and protecting the sill.

 

I normally jack it up using the sill, and then lower it onto axle stands under the front suspension.

 

It's 8 years old now and I jack it up roughly four times a year, twice for the winter wheel swap, and twice for servicing. No damage to the sills, although I have split a few hockey pucks over the years.

You mean you change the tyres over and service the car yourself?? 

Yes, changing the oil, oil filter, fuel filter, air filter and pollen filter is pretty straightforward.

 

For most other things (rear springs, wheel bearing, brake fluid, clutch and DMF and EGR) it goes off to the professionals!

6 hours ago, newskodadriver said:

You mean you change the tyres over and service the car yourself?? 

 

Doesn't everyone?

8 minutes ago, superbdreams said:

 

Doesn't everyone?

No... Ive took mine to the dealership for servicing for the last 50k miles. 

 

Was going to make a thread later on asking what could be done at an independent general garage as opposed to the dealership or VW group specialist garage. Mainly because out of 3 repairs needed to the car, I went to independent general garages twice because I realised I cannot afford the dealership or VW specialise for everything after the last repair last week. 

Edited 18 March, 20197 yr by newskodadriver

Independants aren't always cheaper than main dealers, especially on older models such as the MkII Superb.

 

Vehicles 3 years or older get discounted rates...

 

 

 

 

11 hours ago, newskodadriver said:

You mean you change the tyres over and service the car yourself?? 

 

See here...