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pfillery Insano Dub Head

734 posts · joined Dec 2011 ·

#931062
I have a Bilstein kombi jack that I just picked up.

Firstly, it is the type with the pressed steel top cover that you use your wheelbrace with. What should be on the end of the small shaft to hold the mechanism? Is it a circlip of some sort? Could someone post a pic of the back side of the top "box" (the opposite end of the shaft from the hex part).

Kombi Jacks

It is like the second from the left in the picture.

Second question - it is supposed to fit a bay Kombi - but will it work on a bay window Kombi? Research has shown me that it is actually from a split kombi - so are they compatible or do I just have a hunk of superfluous metal I need to get rid of? I'm not keen to try it unless I know it will be safe to use on a bay.

68BUS Wolfsburg Wizard

485 posts · joined Jul 2011 ·

#931129
If you are talking about the jack that is a single upright with a 90 degree folding piece that slots into the jacking point, then by all means keep it as a show piece, but if you are going to use it you must chock at least one tyre front and back.

The bus can roll forward or back ith the wind of passing cars, inclines etc.... Even if you don;t hurt yourself your will stuff your van.
They are called widow makers for a reason.

If it is another type of jack than forget teh above.

I personally went a 4 tonne bottle jack. There are 4 good jacking locations under the bus at the joint of the ladder frame and the outriggers. Many prefer the scissor jacks but they take up more room to the bottle.
1966 Aussie 11 Window

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#931172
That is a late model jack maybe 1973>

I haven't seen one but they are common in the USA
I think late beetles had a similar jack under the rear seat

but I thought they had a handle on the top>>>???

I have used the early ones with success for many years in late 60s-70s and the past few years...

they never come down but can move sideways..
Yours would be able to move sideways too..
Biggest problem is rust in the jacking point especially overseas

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

pfillery Insano Dub Head

734 posts · joined Dec 2011 ·

#931224
Dad's 76 Kombi had the type you are refering to, it is different to this one, had the handle and was lighter and more flimsy, this one is pretty heavy and uses the wheelbrace to turn it but I agree with the stability thing.

I have a trolley jack for use at home and a bottle jack would be easilly obtained, but as something to carry for roadside tyre changes, assuming the vehicle is level and chocked and the jacking points are good, it should hopefully work.

Shouldn't it?

68BUS Wolfsburg Wizard

485 posts · joined Jul 2011 ·

#931264
It will definately work. But just be carefull. In my toolkit are 4 on the little collasable wheel chocks from suapcheap. They works well. I tried to roll my bus backwards forgetting they wore there. The whole weight of the bus did not collapse them (20-30degree hill). I had to sling a rope on them to pull them out.

And keep in mind, you could be on flat "safe" ground and a truck could fly by and blow your car forward.

But if you are sensible there is no reason for not using them.
1966 Aussie 11 Window