Jacking Up All Fours Techique

[Kneale Brownson]

What about placing the jack stands under the subframe "anchor spots" after
jacking up via the jacking points?   I was advised by several on this list
to put the jackstands under the inboard edges of the subframes on my 4kq.
So I jack it up at the corners using the jacking points and then put the
stands under the subframes.  Someone even referred me to a website with a
picture of jackstands being used that way.

At 06:58 AM 3/17/2004 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:
>>> I pop the undertray off, then jack the entire front using the subframe,
then
>>> jack the entire back using the rear diff. Jackstands go at the normal
>>> jacking points at the front and rear of the door sills.
>
>I'm involved in a few "get it back" ur-quattro projects at the moment - 
>sensible, well-funded,
>middle-aged owners who are trying to get their ur-quattros back to factory 
>specification.
>Most - oddly - are 1988 cars.  The MC engine turns the ur-quattro into an 
>amazingly driveable
>car.
>
>One just had ALL the rubber in the suspension replaced.  I advised that he 
>should drive the
>car for a couple of hundred miles and then take it for a proper 4-wheel 
>alignment.  He took it
>to Roger Galvin for this to be done.
>
>A couple of weeks later he asked me to test-drive the car.  It was a PoS.  
>My party trick in
>the Torsen ur-quattro is a controlled slide balancing the ends of the car on 
>the throttle.  No
>chance - the car felt dangerous.
>
>I was about to slame Roger's technical ability when the owner said he'd just 
>had new tyres
>fitted.  So I grovelled underneath, and sure enough - trolley jack marks on 
>the subframes.
>Kwik-Fit. The alignment was utterly ruined.
>
>But the annoying thing?
>
>THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS IN THE WORKSHOP MANUAL.  LIFT THE CAR BY THE 
>SUBFRAME AND YOU
>****-UP THE ALIGNMENT!
>
>-- 
>  Phil Payne
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>  +44 7785 302 803
>
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