Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
From:Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
Date:Sat, 19 Jun 2010 07:27:09 -0700

David Beierl wrote:

> The regular jack will lift the vehicle just fine.  What it doesn't
> even attempt to do is provide the slightest fore-and-aft support --
> that's for you to do by chocking the wheels, using brakes, gears etc.

Church. I destroyed my OEM jack by nit-wittedly leaning against the rear
of the van when it was up on the jack. Van was in neutral, rolled a bit
(it was on a slope) and twisted that jack like so much licorice.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR