jacking points?

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

I've found that the best thing to do is get a jack made specifically for
unit body frames. I found a hydraulic scissor jack at Discount Auto that
had a slotted head just for unit body jacking. It's not the best-made
thing in the world, but it works great and fits right on the seam where
the emergency jack goes.

The best part about it is that it'll jack up the front and rear at the
same time, and it leaves the "lift" points free to use for jackstands.
There's one on each side behind the front wheels. It's a
circular-doughnut-shapped thing welded to the bottom of the body. On the
back, there are two similar points *behind* the rear wheels.

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org 
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of rhys
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 5:09 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: jacking points?
> 
> 
> ok, i know i sound like a moron, but please bear with me.
> 
> i've never actually jacked a car up to put up on axle stands 
> and im not really sure where the jacking points are on the roc.
> 
> i only have a haynes manual...and well its not too specific.
> 
> when looking under the car i see two spots where it looks to 
> have been jacked up before (scraped off undercoat, dents, 
> scraped off paint) on what appear to be  the frame rails. is 
> this an ok place to  jack it up from? (if not, too late, as 
> it looks like its been done)
> 
> also, if i use the trolley jack on one side, prop it up on 
> the stand, and go around to the other side, isnt it really 
> risky to have only one side proped up? how should i do this?
> 
> 
> 
> thanks,
> Rhys (rocco virgin)
> 
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