Where to put Axle Stands on 944S2
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Where's best place to put the stands, as the car jack is central, I'm taking off the front bumper as I need to get it resprayed and put in a new fog lamp, has anyone any experience of this, if so can you suggest the best way forward. Also I've now taken off the wheels and started to give them a good clean, they're a little pot marked any suggestions on what I could do to tidy them.
thanks
M
thanks
M
i drive mine onto a couple of 100x50 planks 600mm long to get clearance for two jacks under the main chassis rails and lift the car equally from both sides then place the axle stands foreward of the jacks under the main rails choose stands with a top that fits round the bottom of the rail and use thin timber packers to protect the chassis protection
i have never had to remove the front PU and it looks a complex job
fog light replacement is ok unless the fittings are corroded
i sprayed my wheels at home and got good results but if you are having the PU sprayed why not get the wheels done as well it needs another set of axle stands though
good luck it will look great when its done
i have never had to remove the front PU and it looks a complex job
fog light replacement is ok unless the fittings are corroded
i sprayed my wheels at home and got good results but if you are having the PU sprayed why not get the wheels done as well it needs another set of axle stands though
good luck it will look great when its done
There is a handy diagram here www.theautobahn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9452 that shows where to jack and where to place the axle stands.
You need to be careful with this. If you use the small brackets located on each side under the end of the front wing (about level with the door mirrir sideways) these are only intended to take quarter of the weight of the car - evenly - and if you jack up and load on just one too much it can push the floor up a little.
If this happens then the throttle pedal can be pushed up (as it is pivoted on the floor) and the slot in the back can result in you driving off and finding the throttle stuck at high revs as the slot in the back of the throttle pedal goes over centre and doesn't return.
To see what I mean hold your fingers behind the pedal and move it in and out and the arm at the back moves up and down a slot.
If you have this problem a heavy hammer will knock the floor down again.
So I would jack up using the car jack or the the 2 square sections running along the car nearer the centre - then only use those square sections to suppor the car as they fit nicely in the "Y" of the top of an axle stands - but there can be a problem if you also use the similar stands at the rear on the torsion bar castings at each side because the 4 axle stands then all tilt sideways a little against the height pins - allowing the car to rock slightly from side to side.
I would always put a couple of spare wheels under the car as well before you go under - just in case it falls.
Baz Hartech
If this happens then the throttle pedal can be pushed up (as it is pivoted on the floor) and the slot in the back can result in you driving off and finding the throttle stuck at high revs as the slot in the back of the throttle pedal goes over centre and doesn't return.
To see what I mean hold your fingers behind the pedal and move it in and out and the arm at the back moves up and down a slot.
If you have this problem a heavy hammer will knock the floor down again.
So I would jack up using the car jack or the the 2 square sections running along the car nearer the centre - then only use those square sections to suppor the car as they fit nicely in the "Y" of the top of an axle stands - but there can be a problem if you also use the similar stands at the rear on the torsion bar castings at each side because the 4 axle stands then all tilt sideways a little against the height pins - allowing the car to rock slightly from side to side.
I would always put a couple of spare wheels under the car as well before you go under - just in case it falls.
Baz Hartech
As hartech has said I use the box section chassis rails to jack up my S2, I like to use a spreader plate (piece of wood)to prevent damage as well.
I ALWAYS slide the removed wheel under the car when I'm working on it, better a damaged wheel than a crushed head.
Removing the PU is quite a fiddly job, you'll need to take out the plastic wheelarch inners to get to the bolts that hold the PU to the wing, remove the undertray (hopefully all the self tapping screws aren't siezed as mine were)
I had the front badge panel off at the same time but I'm not sure if it made any difference, the plug connectors for the lights are very awkward to get to, I think I got to them via the wheelarch (lucky me I had the wings off as well)
Andy.
I ALWAYS slide the removed wheel under the car when I'm working on it, better a damaged wheel than a crushed head.
Removing the PU is quite a fiddly job, you'll need to take out the plastic wheelarch inners to get to the bolts that hold the PU to the wing, remove the undertray (hopefully all the self tapping screws aren't siezed as mine were)
I had the front badge panel off at the same time but I'm not sure if it made any difference, the plug connectors for the lights are very awkward to get to, I think I got to them via the wheelarch (lucky me I had the wings off as well)
Andy.
hartech said:
You need to be careful with this. If you use the small brackets located on each side under the end of the front wing (about level with the door mirrir sideways) these are only intended to take quarter of the weight of the car - evenly - and if you jack up and load on just one too much it can push the floor up a little.
If this happens then the throttle pedal can be pushed up (as it is pivoted on the floor) and the slot in the back can result in you driving off and finding the throttle stuck at high revs as the slot in the back of the throttle pedal goes over centre and doesn't return ... If you have this problem a heavy hammer will knock the floor down again.
This guy speaks the truth .. don't ask me how I know, but let me tell you I felt a complete twit hitting my mew purchase with a hammer on a Sunday morning after finding out the hard way why this is not a good idea ... If this happens then the throttle pedal can be pushed up (as it is pivoted on the floor) and the slot in the back can result in you driving off and finding the throttle stuck at high revs as the slot in the back of the throttle pedal goes over centre and doesn't return ... If you have this problem a heavy hammer will knock the floor down again.
Oli.
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