Where to trolley jack?
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Where to trolley jack?
I see the jacking points for the supplied jack, but where's a good place to put a trolley jack? Is there somewhere halfway down the sills where I can put it to jack up all of one side at the same time (makes swapping front and rear wheels a lot easier).
My other car has chassis rails so it's a lot easier to see where to put the jack.
My other car has chassis rails so it's a lot easier to see where to put the jack.
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i think u need 2 trolley jacks to jack the car from one side. u can not put the trolley half way. The jacking point for the trolleys are about the same place like the original ones ,mabey a littile behind 2 or 3 inches . if you look under the car on that area you will see there are round points where u can put the trolley. Do not jack the car untill you see that round area or points under the car. i hope this will help
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Ah yes, there are similar round lumps on my old Merc 190 too. Maybe I could jack the whole of one side using the trolley jack at one end and the supplied jack at the other end.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
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If you raise the car from the front jacking point and you raise the jack high enough, both wheels will leave the ground. At that point you can change both wheels.
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Originally Posted by scorchie
If you raise the car from the front jacking point and you raise the jack high enough, both wheels will leave the ground. At that point you can change both wheels.
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Originally Posted by mmgrad
raising a car that high... make sure your car is parked on a very level place, and make sure you have blocks or something to stop the car from rolling....
Actually, you should make sure of those things whether you are raising it that high or if you are raising one wheel off the ground one centimeter.
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