NAC Jacking a Scoobie-doo

[Dave Eaton]

cut a block of wood, with a wide slot in the middle to fit with size of the
seam that the scissor jack works on, and only as deep as necessary.  this
block will then sit on your floor jack lifting point to allow your floor
jack to work.  downside is that, depending on the height of the block, you
may have issues with jack height - although unlikely on a forrester.  on my
rs, which is ride-height challenged, i drive the front wheels onto a piece
of 4x2 to allow the jack/block to get clearance...

dave
'03 rs6
'04 allroad tdi 

-----Original Message-----
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:19:41 -0500
From: Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org>
Subject: NAC Jacking a Scoobie-doo

The job: replace the OEM summer ("all season" [IOW, no season]) tires 
and wheels with dedicated winter tires and wheels

The problem:  Owner's manual sez use only the jack (scissors variety) 
which came with the car.  Looking at the jacking point it appears to 
be plastic and therefore a nice crush point.  I would like to use my 
decent floor jack.  Can I?  How about jacking up the entire rear end 
using the rear diff as the jacking point?

Recommendations?

Bob