warning to all mk2 golf owners!

[JMallows]

I will go and have a look under the car now! I had noticed in the past about the doors not being true when jacked (think i had to open door to lower window or something?)

Thanks

[gazareth]

I always jack the car on them round things and the floor aint budged in the slightest.

[Sgt_Lemon]

And if you have a lowered car you have to take all advice you know is right and throw it out the window as the jack will only go under at certain places. I jack it where I can until I can fit a stand under, then reposition my jack and use wood to go the whole way. Hasn't stopped my chassis rail looking a bit squished in places. 

[clipperjay]

when I was 17 I refused to use the widow maker scissors jacks I went to local breakers yard paid 3 pounds for a Japanese solid jack untill I could afford a trolley jack.

[Diamond Hell]

Its also never a good idea to jack up just one area of the car and leave it in the air for a prolonged time, this will put adverse strain on the bodyshell, and can be evident by opening one of the doors, and finding it no longer fits properly!

My Syncro doesn't seem to have this issue any more. 

And if you have a lowered car you have to take all advice you know is right and throw it out the window as the jack will only go under at certain places.

Drive up on to a couple of lengths of wood until it's high enough.

[Sgt_Lemon]

Drive up on to a couple of lengths of wood until it's high enough.

Never thought to do this, good idea

[JC]

The egg cup like points under the car are for lifting on a 2 post ramp only, they will not take the weight of the car, unless all four are used together.

Thom

Sorry but that's not correct - those egg cups at the front are the official points for lifting by a trolley jack (as well as a ramp) - see the owners manual. I do agree though only use them if they are solid, nowadays a lot aren't!

Regardless of what it says in the handbook (which I am aware of) the cups on the front should never be used as a single jacking point, they simply are not up to the job of lifting the weight of the car singularly, rotten or not, the floor and/or the cup will simply collapse... my above statement was "advice" for the benefit of anyone that was unclear on this subject, and not a verbatim quote.

To clarify,  if using a trolly jack, under the front, then use the sill lower edges, (as if you were jacking with the jack thats in the boot) and a block of softwood to help prevent damage.
When jacking the rear, place the trolly jack under the body mounting for the rear axle, making sure not to trap the handbrake cable...
Always chock the wheels, and get on axle stands asap...

Thom

God your getting old Foosey , slam it up onto one wheel, leave it on the jack and crack on with dropping the front struts off