A similar jack is the harbor frieght yellow jack. Cycle Guide magazine has a coupon near the back of the magazine in their HB ad for that jack for $69. It is probably in some other magazines also. That is a great buy.
I have this jack and did the mods mentioned but ended up getting the HD jacking blocks anyway.
Either way a cheap jack for the occasional use we all need.

 

Correct, this mod does not affect the overall height of the pads.

This is meant to relieve the person of having to utilize the HD lift adapters.

What you could do is buy the HF wheel chock for $50 (or thereabouts). Stand your bike up using the chock then roll the jack underneath and do what you need to do. However in the grand scheme of cheapness, using a 2x is probably the best way to go.

 

If you did the mod, then you shouldn't need the lift adapters at all. That's the whole point of the mod.

 

I'm partway through the mod, figuring out how far from the arm i need to space the lift pads - in order to make the lift wider. I didn't realize the bumper clips on/off, that'll make a big difference!

I meant the spacers between the jack arms and the lift pads, as per the mod.

Yeah, that wasn't so clear... The orientation I was referring to was in relation to the bike - front arm = arm closest to the front of the bike.

Knowing that the jiffy stand bumper will just clip off means that I should be able to get away with minimum spacers so the pads sit just outside of the arms instead of further along the bolts. I'll check tonight and post up some pics...

Thanks!

 

Thanks Guys for the heads up on the HF jack ... AI almost spent the whole $99 on it ... but now gonna go pick one up for $59 !

 

We used this modified jack on my 2012 Fat Bob today and the it worked perfect

 

I don't remember who was having the problem using the modded jack to lift a fat bob, but I can tell you that I used my modded lift on Froggy's 2012 fat bob yesterday without issue whatsoever.

 

I picked up a red craftsman today on Craigslist. My 2012 SGC took a few more mods. I had to space out the left arm with 5/8" spacers. Additionally, I had to notch the front cross bar to allow clearance for the jiffy stand. But now I can lift my bike.

 

If you spaced one side, why not just space the other side as well? Would have saved you the time of notching it.

You didn't really need to do all that as the jack would have worked just moving the pads to the outside of the frame.

 

the notch was required so that I could get the jack far enough under the bike to pick up the opposite side. without that the front brace would hit the jiffy stand before the pads would touch the frame.