Re: Scirocco jacking points

["Jim Buck/BahnBurners!" <vwpride@mixi.net>]

I (very frequently) use the front cup behind the front wheel, cause it fits to
my jack perfectly, and on the rear, I jack halfway down the trailing arm tube,
being careful to miss the e-brake cable.  No problems for years now.

jim

Jonathan Miles wrote:

> Daun,
>
> Thanks for the info.  I agree with you on the rust thing, it's the same over
> here at this time of year, roads saturated with salt.
> I'm not to sure about using the trailing beam as a jack point, I'm sorely
> tempted but my Haynes manual advises against it.  Other listers and my
> manual (Haynes & VW) suggest using the sills but this results in the
> problems you have mentioned plus the fact that its way too easy to damage
> the body kit on the sills.
> Any other views on this anyone?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jonathan
> Scirocco GTII '90
> Triumph Spitfire '77
>
> >In my opinion, the best place to jack the Scirocco is by the small round
> >jack pads (front) and the trailing beam (rear).  My theory is that using
> >the jack points on the sills tends to promote rust, especially on the Mk
> >I, but it's showing up in Mk IIs too.  My theory on this is that
> >eventually the paint / rust proofing material in this area is worn
> >through exposing bare metal, which in turn gets exposed to moisture and
> >rust starts.
> >
> >Everybody go check their 'roccos for rust here - especially if you live
> >in the snow belt like me!!!  :-)
> >
> >hth
> >
> >Daun
> >
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