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Title: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: manc01 on 31 May 2011, 11:08
Right sounds weird, but story is i need to get 2 alloys refurb, and these Monza 2 take 5 days to refurb as i am going to use Lepsons in Swindon as they have good reviews and closest, even though it still 1hr away..!!
Anyway i dont have a spare set of wheels that i can use, so i was going to use the spare, but leaves me with one wheel short, i was going to leave it resting on car jack that comes with the car for 5 days, figured its not the whole weight of the car as will have 3 wheels on, but does that sound like a good idea?? o it will be in a garage and not left on the street..
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: deano lfc on 31 May 2011, 14:53
see if you can get one axel stand,safe as houses ,or leave the jack pumped up,and just place one or two building block on the sill by the jack,just incase the trolly jack drops a little,even if it do,they go down slow,and your sill will just rest on the blocks. :smiley: deano
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: Obbzi on 31 May 2011, 15:06
Think I paid about £40 for a 2 tonne trolley jack that came with 2 axle stands from machine mart. I'm sure you could get something even cheaper than that nowadays
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 31 May 2011, 15:07
Depends on how much you like your car really doesn't it.

I wouldn't leave a car for 5 days on just a trolley or scissor jack, that's just foolishness and you are asking for bent sills/chassis legs if something does go badly wrong.

Go to halfords and get some proper axle stands. They are only ~£15 a pair and you'll have a lot more piece of mind.

By the way, if a trolley jack does fail, they don't go down slow as they have ~1/4T of car resting on them (assuming uniform weight distribution), which if the car becomes unbalanced due to a centre of gravity shift (i.e. trolley jack collapsing) will become more weight and create more of a problem.

Just be sensible and invest in something that you will have use for time and time again. Get some axle stands.
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: deano lfc on 31 May 2011, 20:28
belive it or not , argos are cheap for axel stands !!! i bought a set from them before !! if it was my car thats what i would do, or try to borrow some !!! deano lfc
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: manc01 on 31 May 2011, 21:02
Thanks all for your opinions.. unfortunately my mechanical skills only extend to changing a wheel. Seems like i should use a axle stand to support the empty wheel side. If i was to use axel stand would it be quite easy to locate under the car?
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: deano lfc on 31 May 2011, 21:21
you cold slowly lift the car from jacking up on the rear axel,just enough to take the wheel off, grab your axel stand,pull the size pins out, place under jacking point on your sill,pull up the center piece on your axel stand,place pin in the right hole for the right hight,then slowly release your car jack.with three wheels on the car,aslong has you have the right height on your axel stand , you will be fine !!i referb alloy wheels, and have done this many a times, with no problems !! deano lfc
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: manc01 on 01 June 2011, 08:57
ok whose got 1 spare golf wheel i can borrow for 5 days..???
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: kalpsn2000 on 01 June 2011, 12:05
ok whose got 1 spare golf wheel i can borrow for 5 days..???

No need to panic :smiley:. Deano's explanation is spot on and when you get the axel stand(s) it will be even clearer :afro:
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: _Adam_ on 01 June 2011, 13:08
ok whose got 1 spare golf wheel i can borrow for 5 days..???

No need to panic :smiley:. Deano's explanation is spot on and when you get the axel stand(s) it will be even clearer :afro:

+1

it's very easy, just use common sense where you put the axel stand (i.e not on the sump :shocked:)
the wishbone is also a dodgy one as is allows the car to move as you are lifting under the springs.
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: manc01 on 01 June 2011, 13:54
ok, so am i s'pose to put the axle stand on the jacking point.? if so i can manage that, just thought it was mentioned that its not good for 5 days on the jacking point as that would cause bent sills.... I thought it was s'pose to go on one of the axles of the car.? :huh:
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: bacillus on 01 June 2011, 16:10
(http://dataton.net/vw/GTI_jacking/car_on_jack_stands.jpg)
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: S4twiggy on 01 June 2011, 21:56
ok, so am i s'pose to put the axle stand on the jacking point.? if so i can manage that, just thought it was mentioned that its not good for 5 days on the jacking point as that would cause bent sills.... I thought it was s'pose to go on one of the axles of the car.? :huh:
aslong as you have the rest of the weight of the car on the floor(which you will have on the other 3 wheels) then you wont have problems with bent sills, only if something happens and the jack collapses then it will damage but follow what people have said and you cant really go wrong mate. pretty idiot proof
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: manc01 on 02 June 2011, 09:13
ok thanks everyone for the replies, i will prob stick to s4twiggy which was sorta my original plan, but have a stand as backup on one of the point on the pic. :smiley:
Title: Re: Support car with 1 wheel missing??
Post by: Jimp on 02 June 2011, 10:28
That's a useful picture to have for reference bacillus, thanks :afro: