Sears red jack modification
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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.
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.
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From: Passaic County, NJ
I watched this video a little late. I bought a harborfrieght aluminum lift $149 on sale and had the lift adapters laying around. How ever I still have to roll front tire onto a 2X6 due to bike being lowered. I did pay real good attention to the last few tools needed for the lift mod though
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.
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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.
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.
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!
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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.
Last edited by BMyers; Apr 2, 2012 at 08:44 PM.
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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.
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.
