Thread: DSC and flat tyres.

The easy way is to just leave the tailgate open - which you need to open anyway to get the spare & jack.

M

Hopefully you haven't broken the compressor mounting bracket.

Did you put the vehicle in off-road height before starting to jack?

Originally Posted by camel_landy

The easy way is to just leave the tailgate open - which you need to open anyway to get the spare & jack.

M

The doors were closed but the full tailgate was open and it still readjusted itself.

Garry

Originally Posted by Graeme

Hopefully you haven't broken the compressor mounting bracket.

Did you put the vehicle in off-road height before starting to jack?

Knowing how much you have to jack the sucker up to get the wheel off the ground I had it in at offroad height and LLAMS at +50 (hey another use for LLAMS). The pump is still working OK so hopefully it is only the outer cover that has cracked - I will check it later this week when I get the tyre repaired.

Garry

Ha Ha, it crossed my mind that perhaps getting max height might be even better!

If it's the rear wheel I know for sure (from experience) that when you jack from under the wishbone going to the tyre, that the wheel will lift it's self off the ground as soon as the jack takes the weight. Don't know if this works with the fronts though, and all doors were closed, car unlocked and key in my pocket. (jacking the car)

After a somewhat similar jacking "near miss" (my daughter started jacking the compressor hole) on my old D3, I have painted both the 4 correct holes and the top of the jack red. That way even at night the jack will hopefully go in the correct hole.

Originally Posted by kenl

If it's the rear wheel I know for sure (from experience) that when you jack from under the wishbone going to the tyre, that the wheel will lift it's self off the ground as soon as the jack takes the weight. Don't know if this works with the fronts though, and all doors were closed, car unlocked and key in my pocket. (jacking the car)

I regard jacking the rear wishbone as difficult relative to the front. There is a little dimple on the underside of the front wishbone in just the right place for a small bottle jack, (2 ton), to fit. It is like it was planned; the dimple in the underside of the rear wishbone is not so ideally placed but does work OK as well, but it is not as elegant a technique. It kind of sounds like a compressor case should be on both rear sides to jack on.

My field procedure is one six ton bottle jack or the LR scissor jack placed under the frame near the troublesome tyre and lifted just enough to take some of the vehicle weight. The baby bottle jack is then centered under the dimple of the appropriate wishbone.

I only lift the rubber about a 1/4" above the road surface - well more as the tyre is low, but such that I hardly have to lift the replacement tyre any amount. The technique is relatively safe as the car is barely lifted.

Also my experiences seem to suggest that leaving a door or tailgate open does not cancel the auto self levelling program. It seems to have mind of its own and can come into play anytime. About the only thing that truly shuts it down is disconnecting the battery.

Whether one uses one jack or two, the wishbone lifting procedure has much merit as the car body is not raised very much and hence the vehicle is barely out of level.