Shite scissor jacks

[Micrashed]

^^^ VW ?

[overrun]

I made an arch roller from a VW jack. Best use for it.

[wackywacerwill]

^^^ VW ?

Yep, same as Mr. V mentioned earlier in the thread. I have had bad happen with them before so highly not recommended.

 

As an aside, a mate in a hip ward after a bike smash told me there were 3 blokes in there who had had vehicles drop on them, axle stands or other means of making safe are a good idea.

[wackywacerwill]

I made an arch roller from a VW jack. Best use for it.

I've heard tell of this before and have kept one back (somewhere) for this very purpose.

[Micrashed]

I had a polo breadvan fall off one of those. Thankfully I always shove the spare/fucked wheel under the car whilst changing the tyre and so it didnt hit the ground or crush bits of my anatomy.

[JohnDeere]

I had a polo breadvan fall off one of those. Thankfully I always shove the spare/fucked wheel under the car whilst changing the tyre and so it didnt hit the ground or crush bits of my anatomy.

Same jack on the Festa modern. Made of tin foil. When the car (inevitably) fell off while changing the 3rd puncture in the space of thee weeks, it managed to crease the underside of the wing.

[sutty2006]

Talking about VW jacks, a friend had decided to use the stock Mk2 golf jack to lift the car up to inspect the exhaust system in a car park (to the aid of a busty attractive young lady).

 

I promptly "yanked" him from under the car by his ankles at the same moment the jack fell over sending the car to the floor... Even if the ground is hard, level and dry...doesnt mean the widow maker wont strike.

 

Be safe people!

[mercrocker]

Worst I ever had  was the scissor crap that came with Renault 4s.   It only just took  up the suspension travel before it started to teeter.  No wonder they only put 3 wheel bolts on them you never had  time to  line the 4th one up...Yank-tank bumper  jacks were the best!

[sutty2006]

I still have a Yank tank bumper jack in my workshop..... was gonna chuck it out, but considering owning a yank tank, i might just keep it. Not that I dare jack it up on the bumper! It just like a high lift jack for a landrover, only made of tinfoil not steel.

[Barry Cade]

Just back in from a wheel change on a Disco 3. They use a magnificently shit cheap and nast scissor jack- the chap had tried to change the wheel himself, on a huge gravel driveway, it started to roll, bent the jack and damaged the chassis member. Unbelieveable that LR think this is a suitable component to use in the places and terrain that these things are supposed to work in.

 

Anyway, thanks jack- £30 bonus and a tenner tip for 15 minutes work

[Squire_Dawson]

Got an old Lake & Eliot bottle-jack in the garage. That's not good.

 

I seem to remember the Micra jack had a narrow slot where it engaged with the sill flange? Never had any trouble with it myself and thought it fairly sturdy, really.

[Stanky]

Mid-90's Nissan Jacks are quite sturdy once they are up, its just getting there which is a right ball-ache. My one has a nice slot which the sill flange sits in to spread the load a bit more than others I've used. Never had the slightest hint of movement while its been jacked up on the standard equipment one.

 

I've had a Mk2 fester flip its jack out while I hammered a nail into the fuel tank to drain the petrol in my youth 

 

Also had an axle stand flip out from under the felicia which I later attempted to mate with a Vauxhall Insignia (with dire consequences) one morning on the M27. I was replacing the sump pan and had popped to the garage to fetch something and on coming back heard an almighty clunk and the passenger side fell a good foot onto terra firma. Had I been under it I suspect my head would have burst like a watermelon. 

 

I use ramps now for all maintenance, and have just been given a bottle jack by Santa for doing wheels. The 'head' of the bottle jack seems quite small but it has a big footprint so hopefully it wont fall off and destroy me when its next time to change a wheel. FIL's trolley jack is still the best though.

[sutty2006]

Just back in from a wheel change on a Disco 3. They use a magnificently shit cheap and nast scissor jack- the chap had tried to change the wheel himself, on a huge gravel driveway, it started to roll, bent the jack and damaged the chassis member. Unbelieveable that LR think this is a suitable component to use in the places and terrain that these things are supposed to work in.

 

Anyway, thanks jack- £30 bonus and a tenner tip for 15 minutes work

 

They used to fit bottle jacks with old discos, but even then, motors can still fall off a bottle jack!

[derskine]

Standard mk1 cortina jack is shit

 

 

well built but takes about half an hour to jack it up using the ratchet thing

[rml2345]

Those Lada jacks were proper sturdy affairs. The Volvo OEM diamond shaped thing hooks into the jacking point and isn't too bad but seems geared in such a way that they must be expecting you to jack up a 740 full of concrete.

The MK3 Granada jack is equally as shit as the Sierra one unsurprisingly.

[Station]

I can't remember what car - but there was one that had slits in the jacking points to position the jack, and it sat nice and square. It stopped it crushing whatever, and gave support to the jack to stop it moving. Think it was on my Sunny? I can't remember.

When I saw this I was gobsmacked - such a good idea.

[coalnotdole]

Standard mk1 cortina jack is shit

 

 

well built but takes about half an hour to jack it up using the ratchet thing

 

They might be shit but can sell for £100 - £140 on ebay...

 

Theres an website here: http://www.mgaroadster.co.uk/vehicle_jack_index.htm

which provides an some info and records sale prices for old car jacks. I suggest everyone has a look to see if they have an expensive jack stashed away that they are not using.. the sale prices can be mental.

[overrun]

I can't remember what car - but there was one that had slits in the jacking points to position the jack, and it sat nice and square. It stopped it crushing whatever, and gave support to the jack to stop it moving. Think it was on my Sunny? I can't remember.

When I saw this I was gobsmacked - such a good idea.

Every Nissan?

[dangerousdave]

70,s fords had different types my old mk1 escort had  stand up one with the handle on the top so if you used it with the door shut you could only do it half a turn at a time

the one in my Cortina is a quite well built stand up ratchet one which I tried to use once but discovered my jacking points were shot

[tooSavvy]

 

..... never had cause to use mine - YET - but looks like it was made to look the part 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/jack-kit-proton-1-2-savvy-05-11-breaking-sheffield-/251034277511?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Car+Make%3AProton%7CModel%3ASavvy&hash=item3a72cf1687

 

TS

 

* yes, you are right!.... 'Style' models [early ones] have alloys modelled on PoondLand trims. A$, indeed