Jacking A Super Beetle With A Floor Jack

Lifting a vw beetle is a simple process complicated only by the limited number of points on the chassis where you can safely use a jack.

Jacking a super beetle with a floor jack.

Jacking up your 1976 volkswagen beetle is can be dangerous if done incorrectly. I have a 1973 super and i think it s time to get going on those brakes. The body pan assembly is ridged enough that this single jack point will lift the entire side of the car. Most volkswagen jack kits include the jack a jack handle and a lug nut wrench.

Use a good quality hydraulic or floor jack. The vw beetle has 2 jack points one on each side to the rear of the front door. I was very lucky that my neighbor had these. There should also be notes in your owner s manual.

Then i got home a realized that i have no idea where to put the pressure of a floor jack to get it off the ground. Safe jacking points are described in the following steps. You remember something about how there are only certain places that you can use to lift the beetle up to work. You are going to lift your new beetle for the first time and you have a friend who has a friend who has a cousin who told you a horror story once about how a mechanic went to lift up this guy s beetle and ripped a huge hole in the floor and cost hundreds of dollars to fix.

If you put the jack or stand directly on the rail it ll damage it since it s not reinforced. Just bought a 1974 vw super beetle getting ready to convert to electric drive. Start to lift it goes well. While the easiest way to lift a vw beetle is on a hydraulic floor lift you can use the standard vw jack a.

Most volkswagen jack kits include the jack a jack handle and a lug nut wrench. It should be almost the same on the new beetle. Jump to latest follow. Picture or diagram of jacking points on a 98 new beetle tdi alh.

I just like hours ago had the stock jack finally break on me so i ran out and got one of those 2 5 ton floor jacks and a pair of jack stands. Jacking up your 2001 volkswagen beetle is can be dangerous if done incorrectly.