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| Subject: | Re: Jacking the -9A |
Here's what it looks like:
http://www.my9a.com/img/flying/fairings/f18.jpg
I built the truss from scrap wood.
Regards,
Mike Schipper
www.my9a.com
On Jul 14, 2007, at 1:48 AM, Spprtypilot wrote:
>
> 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" <john@morgensen.com>
> To: rv9-list@matronics.com
> 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 <mailto:Ronald_P_Murray@msn.com>
>> *To:* rv9-list@matronics.com <mailto: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" <slickrock@been-there.com
>> <mailto:slickrock@been-there.com>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
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>>
>> href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV9-List">http://
>> www.matronicscom/Navigator?RV9-List
>> href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com
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