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

[Steve Marinello]

Won't lighten your wallet???? At $599!!!!

They must be making money hand over fist!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Mendel" <brucem105 at comcast.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] OEM jack sucks....what do people use otherwise?


> 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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