2 widow makers, bad life choice?

[Jimbop]

I put new alloys on my golf the other night in the dark, in my haste I forgot to check treads were right way round on the tyres, so I now need to change the front two wheels over.

Is using a jack on each side and quickly swapping them over gonna be ok or should I just take the time of doing one wheel at a time and putting my old wheels on in between swapping?

Thanks
Jim

[lewis1641]

do one side at a time. or spend £20 on a trolley jack. they are much safer plus lifting the front usually gets the rear off the ground too

[dom]

do one side at a time. or spend £20 on a trolley jack. they are much safer plus lifting the front usually gets the rear off the ground too

This for sure   

[Jimmy Filth]

do one side at a time. or spend £20 on a trolley jack. they are much safer plus lifting the front usually gets the rear off the ground too

Not if you lift both sides of the front... 

[Thom89]

Jack one side up, remove wheel. put spare on, jack other side, and swap wheels over, back to other side, remove the spare, and replace with wheel to swap

Thom

[tech1889]

buy a decent trolley jack.. i personally have the clarke racing one and love it 

[cняis]

someone needs to produce a low entry 2 ton trolley jack for sensible money! im fed up of double-jacking!

[boneybradley]

whack an old wheel under the subframe etc when it's jacked at least when the widow maker fails you'll have some protection


I had a friend killed when a decent trolley jack failed while he was under a car without anything else and a wheel may of saved him?

[Adam]

Heres another story, flat surface, MK2, widow maker jack and a mate trying to adjust his coilovers with the wheels on. 4 Hours at hospital and a few crushed bits later. His forearm was crushed between the arch and the wheel.



It got worse after that! Bruising to hell.

[Dan_GTi8v]

get a trolley jack, I use the one from halfords