Jacking up all four NOW: Audi jack A JOKE

[SuffolkD at aol.com]

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?
>