Audi jack A JOKE???
Ed Kellock
ekellock at adelphia.net
Thu Mar 18 12:00:46 EST 2004
I have an extra one of those jacks in my garage. I use it every time I need to raise only one corner. Sometimes I even get one out of the trunk of whichever car I'm working on so that I can jack the front and back on the same side. Never had an issue yet. It does require a keen eye for placement to accomodate any slope other unevenness, but I think it's a terrificly efficient tool.
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From: SuffolkD at aol.com
Date: 2004/03/18 Thu AM 12:21:04 MST
To: quattro at audifans.com, 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Jacking up all four NOW: Audi jack A JOKE
Subject: VAG Audi A6 Avant 1999........
All this talk about jacking up the car.......................so I got to do
it today just like Person Q. Public by means of the Audi "gods" tools.
BOSTON: Pot Hole, sneaky deep chump that sliced the tire at the
bead.......NEAR INSTANT deflation. SO I pull over to the center apron with a Saab and two
other VAG cars.....(That's five flats/four cars in ten
minutes....)........and start the jack routine........The Jack:
Its a JOKE.....its DANGEROUS imho...........its a modified version of the mid
80's jack for the 4000/ 5000...its got a metal groove catch that pivots
now....not the plastic groover of the past.
This one is a shade too narrow for the groove and chips ALL the paint in the
process.
The car will walk the jack over in "Park" so cinch up the E-brake.
Get all the bolts off and prepare to FIGHT the rust around the hub centric
holder and the alloy wheel.
Nothing you brought will prepare you for this.................These alloys
were washed, clean and had the center caps on..............
All bolts out, kick with feet, foot, feet, one then the
other...........NOTHING.
Take out the dough nut spare.....use it like a hammer....spook all the
passing motorists......... Hold like a discuss and whack the alloy dead center or
risk denting the fender. WHACK whack WHACK...all day long...... lower car on
jack then raise again whack whack whack...... Lower car on jack, raise
again............
15 minutes exhausted.......................
Put car up higher on jack, place auto in Neutral and rotate the tire 180
degrees:
WHACK: and it comes off...........
Gain applause from other AAA waiting VAG owners......
Help lady with her Jetta and then bolt.
Moral of the story? Carry penetrating oil, A REAL JACK, clean your wheels,
lug nuts and hub with anti seize EVERY winter...................
And realize no matter how much you teach a S.O. to do this...they will
probably fail.......... So send them out with a cell phone and AAA.
and if you live in Mass..........e-mail Mass HighWay about every pot hole you
see at:
http://www.state.ma.us/mhd/ OR http://www.state.ma.us/mhd/potholeForm.htm
NY has something similar like 1 800 pot hole.....................
-Scott by BOSTON: VAG's (MacGuyver) rubber mallet is the mickey Mouse SPARE
> From: "no1of consequence" <iin10ded at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Jacking Up All Fours Techique
>
> whats a pnuematic axle lift? it sounds heavy. =)
> you mean a 1" box steel bar that runs L to R across the car at the opposite
> jack points?
>
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