Jacking Points

murramor · August 20, 2008, 11:45:02 PM

Other than the jacking points on the sills, where is is safe, front and rear, to jack the car with a trolley jack? Is the round tube at the front strong enough to take a jack in the centre?

There is no rear crossmember. Is the strengthening rib, behind the silencer, and under the luggage compartment strong enough? Should the load be spread across the 3 ribs with a wooden plank?

Anders Dinsen · August 21, 2008, 05:31:44 AM

Hi Ron

The round tube in the front is plenty strong enough to be used to jack up the front.

As regards the rear, I think the safest way to jack it up is to do it in front of the engine. I know you will be lifting the entire car that way (at least if you are doing one side at a time), but I don't personally consider the rear end strong enough to take a jack.

That said, however, we didn't see any signs of deformations when we dismantled the 2.2 at Waldo's last month and lifted the rear in this (quite brutal) way:

Jacking Points

murramor

Anders Dinsen