---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 07/13/07: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:58 PM - Re: Jacking the -9A (WILLIAM AGSTER) 2. 05:48 PM - Re: Jacking the -9A (John Morgensen) 3. 11:50 PM - Re: Jacking the -9A (Spprtypilot) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:58:08 PM PST US From: "WILLIAM AGSTER" Subject: Re: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A If you do not have a new Avery catalog, check their website. They have a good (too good) picture of the Handy Jack. We built one two weekends ago using 1" black iron pipe sold in plumbing at the Homer Depot Aviation place. Using t's, 22 1/2 deg and 90 fittings and a few different lengths of pipe, we made one for about 22.00, not including a cheap can of gloss black paint. Even found rubber end caps in hardware to keep the bar end from sliding on floor. We drilled through the iron pipe vertically and used a 3/8" stainless eye bolt (eye on bottom of pipe) and bolted it on. Then we clamped one open end of a stainless S hook through the eye bolt, and left the other end (lower end) of the S hook open to receive two loops formed at the ends of a length of a 5/16 diam cable. This allows you to run the cable below the axle and put each loop in the bottom of the S hook. A 19.96 floor jack from Wally mart and set up is complete. Happy Jacking. Link below is to the Avery Catalog picture. http://www.averytools.com/cart/p-913-the-handy-jack-eldorado-aviation.asp x Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Murray To: rv9-list@matronics.com Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:47 AM Subject: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A I have found a neat tool that allows jacking of the main gear easily. It's call a Handy Jack and I purchased it from Avery Tools for $129 (part #4665). After taking the wheel fairings off, just simply slide the Handy Jack in to place and jack the plane up using a floor jack. Piece of cake! Ron Murray N937RK RV-9A - flying for 2 1/2 years Time: 06:14:29 PM PST US From: "Dale" > Subject: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A Anyone have a good method to jack the -9A to service the main wheels? The contraption Vans sells is utterly useless. http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV9-List ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:48:36 PM PST US From: John Morgensen Subject: Re: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A At the suggestion of someone on this list, I bought the ATV/Motorcycle jack from Harbor Freight at the sale price of $62.99. Tried it out on my "RV Trainer" (aka Grumman Yankee-150) and it works great! You can easily lift all three wheels at the same time. harborfreight.com Item 2792 John Morgensen RV-9A Grumman Yankee-150 WILLIAM AGSTER wrote: > If you do not have a new Avery catalog, check their website. They have > a good (too good) picture of the Handy Jack. We built one two weekends > ago using 1" black iron pipe sold in plumbing at the Homer Depot > Aviation place. Using t's, 22 1/2 deg and 90 fittings and a few > different lengths of pipe, we made one for about 22.00, not including a > cheap can of gloss black paint. Even found rubber end caps in hardware > to keep the bar end from sliding on floor. We drilled through the iron > pipe vertically and used a 3/8" stainless eye bolt (eye on bottom of > pipe) and bolted it on. Then we clamped one open end of a stainless S > hook through the eye bolt, and left the other end (lower end) of the S > hook open to receive two loops formed at the ends of a length of a 5/16 > diam cable. This allows you to run the cable below the axle and put > each loop in the bottom of the S hook. A 19.96 floor jack from Wally > mart and set up is complete. Happy Jacking. Link below is to the Avery > Catalog picture. > http://www.averytools.com/cart/p-913-the-handy-jack-eldorado-aviation.aspx > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ron Murray > *To:* rv9-list@matronics.com > *Sent:* Monday, July 09, 2007 8:47 AM > *Subject:* RV9-List: Jacking the -9A > > I have found a neat tool that allows jacking of the main gear > easily. It's call a Handy Jack and I purchased it from Avery Tools > for $129 (part #4665). After taking the wheel fairings off, just > simply slide the Handy Jack in to place and jack the plane up using > a floor jack. Piece of cake! > > Ron Murray > N937RK > RV-9A - flying for 2 1/2 years > > > > Time: 06:14:29 PM PST US > From: "Dale" > > Subject: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A > > Anyone have a good method to jack the -9A to service the main > wheels? The > contraption Vans sells is utterly useless. > > > * > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV9-List">http://www.matronicscom/Navigator?RV9-List > href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com > > * > > * > > > * ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:50:04 PM PST US From: Spprtypilot Subject: RE: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A I have one of those for my harley, although I can't see how that would lift all thee at the same time ? Where are you jacking it from? Danny -----Original Message----- From: "John Morgensen" Sent: 7/13/07 7:47 PM Subject: Re: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A At the suggestion of someone on this list, I bought the ATV/Motorcycle jack from Harbor Freight at the sale price of $62.99. Tried it out on my "RV Trainer" (aka Grumman Yankee-150) and it works great! You can easily lift all three wheels at the same time. harborfreight.com Item 2792 John Morgensen RV-9A Grumman Yankee-150 WILLIAM AGSTER wrote: > If you do not have a new Avery catalog, check their website. They have > a good (too good) picture of the Handy Jack. We built one two weekends > ago using 1" black iron pipe sold in plumbing at the Homer Depot > Aviation place. Using t's, 22 1/2 deg and 90 fittings and a few > different lengths of pipe, we made one for about 22.00, not including a > cheap can of gloss black paint. Even found rubber end caps in hardware > to keep the bar end from sliding on floor. We drilled through the iron > pipe vertically and used a 3/8" stainless eye bolt (eye on bottom of > pipe) and bolted it on. Then we clamped one open end of a stainless S > hook through the eye bolt, and left the other end (lower end) of the S > hook open to receive two loops formed at the ends of a length of a 5/16 > diam cable. This allows you to run the cable below the axle and put > each loop in the bottom of the S hook. A 19.96 floor jack from Wally > mart and set up is complete. Happy Jacking. Link below is to the Avery > Catalog picture. > http://www.averytools.com/cart/p-913-the-handy-jack-eldorado-aviation.aspx > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ron Murray > *To:* rv9-list@matronics.com > *Sent:* Monday, July 09, 2007 8:47 AM > *Subject:* RV9-List: Jacking the -9A > > I have found a neat tool that allows jacking of the main gear > easily. It's call a Handy Jack and I purchased it from Avery Tools > for $129 (part #4665). After taking the wheel fairings off, just > simply slide the Handy Jack in to place and jack the plane up using > a floor jack. Piece of cake! > > Ron Murray > N937RK > RV-9A - flying for 2 1/2 years > > > > Time: 06:14:29 PM PST US > From: "Dale" > > Subject: RV9-List: Jacking the -9A > > Anyone have a good method to jack the -9A to service the main > wheels? The > contraption Vans sells is utterly useless. > > > * > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV9-List">http://www.matronicscom/Navigator?RV9-List > href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com > > * > > * > > > * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv9-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV9-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv9-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.