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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: TurboTrev on 29 August 2021, 12:43
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Using the correct jacking points, has anyone used 2 trolley jacks to jack up one side of their car to swop wheels front to back? Is a car able to stand the stress of doing that? Thanks.
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It's stiff enough that if you place the jack at the front jacking point, it will lift both wheels on that side, assuming the jack goes high enough.
You could always place the spare on briefly, and then move the jack to the back jacking point or vice versa.
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If your using a trolley jack on the jacking points might be worth investing in something like this to protect the jack from damaging the underseal.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274923824792?hash=item4002bca698:g:6NcAAOSwyt9g-m~E
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If your using a trolley jack on the jacking points might be worth investing in something like this to protect the jack from damaging the underseal.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274923824792?hash=item4002bca698:g:6NcAAOSwyt9g-m~E
Yes, thanks, used those for quite a few years now.
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Using the correct jacking points, has anyone used 2 trolley jacks to jack up one side of their car to swop wheels front to back? Is a car able to stand the stress of doing that? Thanks.
Yes...
(https://i.postimg.cc/QMLPvc2f/two-jacks.jpg)
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Using the correct jacking points, has anyone used 2 trolley jacks to jack up one side of their car to swop wheels front to back? Is a car able to stand the stress of doing that? Thanks.
It is less stress on the chassis to lift up one side via two jacks than to lift up one corner via one jack, as it doesn't twist the chassis.
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^^^^ Excellent chaps, many thanks for your replies.