Trolly Jacking and Axel Stands

[AntB]

OK - so read a far bit about not jacking the car up from any other point bar the middle of he sill (where the diamond is) as it can slightly distort the floor pan..

So - When it comes to a trolly jack and then wanting to put the front in the air on axle stands - is there a specific place for this?
i.e a point for each side to take the trolley jack - and then where to place the axle stands?

Cheers A

 

[ChasR]

People say to jack the car up via a trolley jack at the centre of the sill. Axle stands I tend to put under the front chassis leg. Rear I am not sure about but there is a jacking point on the rear of the sill which can be used as an axle stand point (this all depends on how confident you are about your sills).

A place I'd suggest (but maybe others can suggest otherwise here) would somewhere on the torsion beam itself.

 

[DavidL]

This is a useful schematic for this sort of thing.

 

[AntB]

Thats very helpful - thanks mate

 

[GTH9]

Tomorrow i need to remove all wheels from my car and leave them off for a day.

Where should i put the jack stands and is it ok to use the scissor jack as i cant fit my trolley jack under the car.

Thanks for any tips

 

[DavidL]

Depending on your trolley jack, if it is only just too high try lifting the car with the car's scissor jack and then let it down very gently. You will gain a little height doing this and it might be enough. (or get someone to lift the car on its suspensions a little!)
My trolley jack fits very neatly over the jacking point which helps.
As long as the footing is secure there is no reason why you shouldn't leave the car on the scissor one side but I wouldn't want it suspended on the 2 jacking points. There are axle stand points marked on the image above.