Sh*t Renault jacks

[adams182]

Decided to Jack my car up today,and wash inside my wheel to get all the brake dust off.....borrow the trolley jack to a friend...so got the renault Sh*t on form the boot,but it in the hole and got the wheel in the air and the jack slipped out the hole scratched my skirts quite bad !! Sh*t Renault Jacks!! lucky i didnt have to wheel off!

 

[iimushroomzii]

Ooops.

 

[agithegreat]

TBH i never ever had a problem with mine, and mine is always up on the jack!
1.2 though!

 

[scott1205]

Decided to Jack my car up today,and wash inside my wheel to get all the brake dust off.....borrow the trolley jack to a friend...so got the renault Sh*t on form the boot,but it in the hole and got the wheel in the air and the jack slipped out the hole scratched my skirts quite bad !! Sh*t Renault Jacks!! lucky i didnt have to wheel off!

very luky

 

[cat171]

They are cack yeah. I always use a trolley jack & some wood.

 

[Peperami]

Awful jack! Pre-owning a trolley jack the plastic that the windy handle fits into snapped on mine... with the car up in the air :S

Had to get a neighbours jack to free it and lower the car!

 

[jesus]

Agreed: they are gash.

 

[Alastair.]

never had a problem when i had my clio

 

[MarcoB]

They arent that bad: flat surface, slow winding and its up in the air. A trolley jack with wood underneath doesnt sound good at all.

 

[Beef-Mc]

I'd rather have the trolley jack with the bit of wood to protect the sills then get on a couple of axle stands.

 

[MarcoB]

A trolley jack with wood underneath doesnt sound safe, there isnt anything to hold onto if it slips. The cut outs on the edge of the jacking plate are so that if it slips it isnt going anywhere (or too far):

If you dont want to damage the sill jack under the chassis.

 

[realnumber 1]

Surly he is using the wood as a backup if the trolley jack fails, or am I being stupid?

 

[Dash]

Surly he is using the wood as a backup if the trolley jack fails, or am I being stupid?

Good idea! I hadn't thought of that one.

I use a trolley jack. link

 

[cat171]

Surly he is using the wood as a backup if the trolley jack fails, or am I being stupid?

I drive the car on to the wood so i can get the jack under the sill. If I don't raise the car a bit, I can't jack it up.

 

[realnumber 1]

Ahh, that makes sense I suppose.

 

[MarcoB]

I drive the car on to the wood so i can get the jack under the sill. If I don't raise the car a bit, I can't jack it up.

Misinterpretation fail haha,

I thought you meant you put the wood between car + trolley jack.

Logical using wood if its too low.

 

[jonnyg]

yep they are gash! mine broke in half a few months ago and ripped the skirt clean off

 

[mark smith87]

You have to be careful where you put the jack on the sill. There are reinforced sections at either end for jacking the car. its better to get a trolley jack on the chassis somewhere or under the suspension somewhere solid and jack it there, then get stands under the car for safety before working underneath. I've got a pair of caravan levelling ramps that I drive the car onto to get more room underneath for getting the trolley jack to a better location.

 

[Android]

I drive the car on to the wood so i can get the jack under the sill. If I don't raise the car a bit, I can't jack it up.

same. gets quite annoying

 

[Davey_BPM]

Everytime I use that little piece of crap I kack myself

I have to put at least 2 precautionary stoppers in place before I'll go anywhere near

its just becuase the think is so tiny, and the area of the car that it attaches itself to

on my old clio 1.2 Grande it crushed a bit of the underchassis where there was a bit of rust

 

[Leeshez]

They sure are cack

 

[Andyman]

A trolley jack with wood underneath doesnt sound safe, there isnt anything to hold onto if it slips. The cut outs on the edge of the jacking plate are so that if it slips it isnt going anywhere (or too far):

If you dont want to damage the sill jack under the chassis.

Its not going to fall off as long as your woods thick and wide enough. I use a square piece of ply which has done the job fine for 8 years.

Using the trolley jack 'bare' cuts into the jacking point sills

 

[Ads_172]

Can't quite figure out how the jack slipped out of the hole though... the hole is only there as a guide so you know if the piece of metal is pushing through the hole then the support itself is in place.

The piece of metal through the hole offers no support, so if it's slipped out it's because the jack wasn'y on the right point.

They're not the most convenient or the quickest tools available, but they've never gone wrong for me. A trolley jack that slipped of completely crushed one of my old Ph1's jacking points... an ex-member on here being responsible.

 

[Greeny.]

Mine is kinda broken, have to use it to get my car off the floor though before I use my trolly jack.