ghostflyer wrote:Just a warning , if you fit the rubber fairing on the rear of the landing gear leg , jacking the aircraft with the steel bracket
Will damage the rubber fairing. The rubber fairing does make a great brake line retainer instead of the clips .
The rubber fairing is a great solution. I will be headed down that path soon as well.
Jacking is made much easier if you, or you and a partner, utilize one of these jacks to lift with. It has made life a whole lot easier to perform maintenance on the wheels and tires. Expensive, but worth it in my opinion.
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That is a nice design. I'm going to have to keep it in mind along with a similar jack design I need to build to lift equipment with little to no clearance under them such as a Bridgeport. I think both designs could be combined into one. Now missing is time and when time is available, remembering what it is ai wanted to build.
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ghostflyer wrote:Just a warning , if you fit the rubber fairing on the rear of the landing gear leg , jacking the aircraft with the steel bracket
Will damage the rubber fairing. The rubber fairing does make a great brake line retainer instead of the clips .
The rubber fairing is a great solution. I will be headed down that path soon as well.
Jacking is made much easier if you, or you and a partner, utilize one of these jacks to lift with. It has made life a whole lot easier to perform maintenance on the wheels and tires. Expensive, but worth it in my opinion.
Jack looks awesome as does the $550 price! Bet some of our talented members could duplicate (almost so it isn't a patent infringement) a similar one for a bunch less.
170C wrote:Jack looks awesome as does the $550 price! Bet some of our talented members could duplicate (almost so it isn't a patent infringement) a similar one for a bunch less.
I think you're on to something. A $25 bottle jack some square tubing and a welder and this thing looks like it would be easy to build.
Yes, Jack is sold through the Landing Gear Works, and it is pricey. I got it for just a little less at a local Aviation symposium when they were introducing it, but I let Jughead and a couple more local 170 owners use it. We barter back and forth.
It does allow brakes to come off and it fits 6" to 26" tires. The rollers allow it to roll in and out when lifting the gear. I felt the price was worth the ease of use. I can pull it out, jack up the gear, have wheel off and on in no time and on the the other side.
That is a slick jack. This like many tools is worth the price when you get the job done quickly, safely and no damage to the airplane.
The '48 looks pretty nice as well though I always think a modern pointy spinner with the early cowl is out of place. Made up for it with the TIC170A sticker on the side though.
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