Center jacking points on the GLC300?
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Center jacking points on the GLC300?
As the title says I'm trying to determine if there are other jacking points other than the four lift/jack points along the sides of the car. The manual makes no reference to any points other than these four.
Its not obvious having looked underneath that there are any but I also know that some cars allow jacking at various suspension locations.
Its not obvious having looked underneath that there are any but I also know that some cars allow jacking at various suspension locations.
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As the title says I'm trying to determine if there are other jacking points other than the four lift/jack points along the sides of the car. The manual makes no reference to any points other than these four.
Its not obvious having looked underneath that there are any but I also know that some cars allow jacking at various suspension locations.
Its not obvious having looked underneath that there are any but I also know that some cars allow jacking at various suspension locations.
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Well my badly made, and unfinished, point was that he couldn't and didn't use usual jacking position on the suspension but reverted to using the 'body' under the doors.
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IMHO, a trolley jack "using the 'body' under the doors" is risking damage.
Carve a hockey puck into a rectangle that fits into the intended jacking socket, and you can raise the entire side of the car using a trolley jack on the front jack point only, well high enough to rotate the tires, front to rear, doing one side at a time.
The owner's manual states that the same rotation direction must be maintained, which can only be done if the tires are kept on the same side of the car.
You WILL need a wheel hanger to remount the wheels to the hub, or at least one more hand to start a lug bolt while you hold the wheel.
Carve a hockey puck into a rectangle that fits into the intended jacking socket, and you can raise the entire side of the car using a trolley jack on the front jack point only, well high enough to rotate the tires, front to rear, doing one side at a time.
The owner's manual states that the same rotation direction must be maintained, which can only be done if the tires are kept on the same side of the car.
You WILL need a wheel hanger to remount the wheels to the hub, or at least one more hand to start a lug bolt while you hold the wheel.
Last edited by BobbyT; Jul 15, 2017 at 01:38 PM.
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IMHO, a trolley jack "using the 'body' under the doors" is risking damage.
Carve a hockey puck into a rectangle that fits into the intended jacking socket, and you can raise the entire side of the car using a trolley jack on the front jack point only, well high enough to rotate the tires, front to rear, doing one side at a time.
The owner's manual states that the same rotation direction must be maintained, which can only be done if the tires are kept on the same side of the car.
You WILL need a wheel hanger to remount the wheels to the hub, or at least one more hand to start a lug bolt while you hold the wheel.
Carve a hockey puck into a rectangle that fits into the intended jacking socket, and you can raise the entire side of the car using a trolley jack on the front jack point only, well high enough to rotate the tires, front to rear, doing one side at a time.
The owner's manual states that the same rotation direction must be maintained, which can only be done if the tires are kept on the same side of the car.
You WILL need a wheel hanger to remount the wheels to the hub, or at least one more hand to start a lug bolt while you hold the wheel.
Only issue I have is that if I jack up the car from the side jacking points, I will not be able to put in the jack stands.
With regards to the wheel hanger, don't MB come with quite a significant depth wheel hub? Put on the wheels with it hanging onto the wheelhub, one hand stabilize the wheel while the other to thread the bolts?
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I didn't put my GLC on jack stands, just jacked it up from the front jack point and rotated the tires. You could put a jack stand under the rear jack point, for extra safety.
I haven't tried changing a wheel without the hanger--I'm an old guy who respects his limits.
I haven't tried changing a wheel without the hanger--I'm an old guy who respects his limits.
Last edited by BobbyT; Jul 16, 2017 at 12:07 AM.
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How do you rotate your tires with just a single jacked corner?
