[s-cars] OEM jack sucks....what do people use otherwise?

[Bruce Mendel]

Check out the aluminum floor jack at
http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=77744. Man I have to 'git me
one of those!

Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Munro" <munrof at sympatico.ca>
To: "adam morley" <axm135 at po.cwru.edu>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] OEM jack sucks....what do people use otherwise?


> I use good tires -  and carry a piece of plank to go under the jack to
keep
> it from sinking into the asphalt or gravel shoulder and chocks for the
> wheels to keep the car on the jack. I used the Audi jack roadside once on
my
> '91 200q when a Michelin separated the tread, and the jack was 2 inches
down
> into the hot asphalt before I got the wheel off and the spare on.
> As you may have noted, you can't use the e-brake to hold the car if you
are
> changing a rear tire. When you pull the wheel bolts, the hub usually
rotates
> in the brake rotor (which is held by the e-brake) and the bolt holes don't
> line up. You have to release the brake to line the holes up again. It is
not
> a good idea to fool around for any length of time while the car is up on
the
> OEM jack (30 seconds maximum sounds about right).
> I use a floor jack at home.
>
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "adam morley" <axm135 at po.cwru.edu>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:37 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] OEM jack sucks....what do people use otherwise?
>
>
> its a fairly well-regarded fact that the audi oem jacks are non-ideal.
what
> do people use?  i looked (briefly) at a bottle jack, but it said it needed
> to be supported right quick after the car is jacked up.
>
> what do people use?  i dont want my car flopping down on the side of the
> highway while using the oem jack......
>
> --
> adam
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