Trolley jack points?

[Hartside]

I changed my wheels over at the weekend for winter but ended up using the VW jack/jacking points. Can anyone tell me the best point or the VW recommended point to use my trolley jack? I don't fancy raising the car on the same jacking points in case it distorts the locating edge for the std car jack

[mac7]

Look here and here.

[Keithuk]

You would lift the car with your trolley jack on a load bearing member as the sills aren't actually load bearing. 

[rjwojcik]

Shocked to hear about the trolley jack points, why aren't they standard.  So, if you take your car into a garage, were do they put their jack?  O-err

[Hartside]

You would lift the car with your trolley jack on a load bearing member as the sills aren't actually load bearing.  wink

No sh1t Sherlock, that's the question I'm asking as there is no suitable, obvious load bearing member to see, rather than do damage 

Thanks mac7, that's got to be an essential purchase for me. So I'm going to get the following:

8P0 802 845 x1
8P0 802 846 x1
8N0 804 583 x4
8P0 802 847 x2

It'll help loads when I come to change the winter wheels back, but also give me peace of mind the first time I have to let the tyre monkeys anywhere near it. I'ts off to the Audi garage for me!

[Snoopy]

It does say were in the manual  oddly iirc its different to what it said in the mk5 one
The dealers use the jacking points on the sill as they are strengthened as can be seen by the thickiness of the metal in the jacking locations.

[Hartside]

I had a quick look in the manual (god I hate that book with a vengeance!) and also on Elsawin. Must have missed it! Come spring I'm getting those jacking points as it will make the whole job a hell of a lot easier I think

[rgb]

Is this really the only way to jack the car up with a trolley jack? Can I achieve the same effect with a block of wood on the head of the jack?

Thanks

[Buck]

You would lift the car with your trolley jack on a load bearing member as the sills aren't actually load bearing.  wink

No sh1t Sherlock, that's the question I'm asking as there is no suitable, obvious load bearing member to see, rather than do damage 

Thanks mac7, that's got to be an essential purchase for me. So I'm going to get the following:

8P0 802 845 x1
8P0 802 846 x1
8N0 804 583 x4
8P0 802 847 x2

It'll help loads when I come to change the winter wheels back, but also give me peace of mind the first time I have to let the tyre monkeys anywhere near it. I'ts off to the Audi garage for me!

I'm on my iPhone so haven't looked in detail but if the above are the rubber bunts, be careful, they are not designed to be load bearing when used as single jacking points.


If you use a trolley jack you can place a stand at the front under the engine/suspension mount iirc and at the rear if you jack a little higher the rear wheel will come off the ground and you can place a stand under the rear sill.

If your trolley jack has a flat head you can use an ice hockey puck with a groove cut in it to fit over the sill to prevent distortion but the sill IS weight bearing at the marked points so should be no issue


HTH

[Hartside]

I found the puck was too shallow to be able to cut a deep enough groove into. I wanted to be able to contact the reinforced floor area with the face of the pad. I got one machined out of Polypenco (nylon) and had to cut a slot 15mm wide x 25mm deep to get it to do this. Makes the job a whole lot simpler:



Picture is crap but you get the idea