Jacking aid

[Anonymous]

Right guys, here I go again (not long now before I am fully sorted with everything I need)

Now that I have ordered a wheel thanks to all your input I now need to but a jack.

Peugeot do the scissor jack for £30 odd quid which I will get at the weekend.

I also have a heavy duty trolly jack which I will use in the summer to paint my calipers.

Reading posts about the damage to sills when using a jack, members have recommended one of Ron's brilliantly made jacking aids.

How do I go about getting one and is it stupid using a jack without it?

Cheers Rob :?

 

[pete.garratt]

Yes it is silly to use a jack on the so-called 'jacking points' and I would go so far as to say even the jacking aid I (and many others) are using is not a universal panacea. - Although it is very much better than nothing.

In future I am resolved to us only a trolley jack under the sub-frame at the front and axle tube at the rear. I may have to drive onto a plank of wood to raise the car up in order to get the jack in, but it completely avoids going near the sills.

 

[2retro]

A hockey puck or circle of wood with a groove cut out of it should work. The trick is to only use the jacking point to lift the car so the groove in your puck/wood/etc should be shorter than the jacking tab which then stops the lame little tab from folding over on itself with the weight of the car on it and causing untold damage...

 

[Anonymous]

Cheers guys, that's what I will do. :thumbup: