Converting Hydraulic J&S Jack to air/hydraulic...
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I have my OEM J&S bottle jack... it's now an emergency spare if this new bottle jack proves to be less reliable...
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hattitude,
Just adding a few pics to your thread. Didn't want to start another J&S thread.
I did this Strongway conversion a month ago. My jack is a dozen years old. The pump fit with the manual pump pointing in the original direction. I'm not sure if there was a design change but this worked for me. So far I am pleased with the upgrade.
RR
Just adding a few pics to your thread. Didn't want to start another J&S thread.
I did this Strongway conversion a month ago. My jack is a dozen years old. The pump fit with the manual pump pointing in the original direction. I'm not sure if there was a design change but this worked for me. So far I am pleased with the upgrade.RR
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From: San Diego, CA
hattitude,
Just adding a few pics to your thread. Didn't want to start another J&S thread. I did this Strongway conversion a month ago. My jack is a dozen years old. The pump fit with the manual pump pointing in the original direction. I'm not sure if there was a design change but this worked for me. So far I am pleased with the upgrade.
RR
Just adding a few pics to your thread. Didn't want to start another J&S thread.
I did this Strongway conversion a month ago. My jack is a dozen years old. The pump fit with the manual pump pointing in the original direction. I'm not sure if there was a design change but this worked for me. So far I am pleased with the upgrade.RR
Very cool....
I use mine often and it still works great....
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hattitude,
Just adding a few pics to your thread. Didn't want to start another J&S thread. I did this Strongway conversion a month ago. My jack is a dozen years old. The pump fit with the manual pump pointing in the original direction. I'm not sure if there was a design change but this worked for me. So far I am pleased with the upgrade.
RR
Just adding a few pics to your thread. Didn't want to start another J&S thread.
I did this Strongway conversion a month ago. My jack is a dozen years old. The pump fit with the manual pump pointing in the original direction. I'm not sure if there was a design change but this worked for me. So far I am pleased with the upgrade.RR
What model was this reef or was it the same strongarm?
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Ive been wanting to convert my J&S to air. Air is convient for me so why not. I wish i could find another way to bleed off the jack instead of the manual bleed valve. That is where the craftsman jack has it over the J&S. The Craftsman has a foot pedal operated bleed off. I would rather stand above the bike instead of having my head down working the release valve when the bike starts to come down.
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Thanks hattitude for the post, went to Northern Tools and the jack was on sale for $54.99, I took parts off my J&S jack and swapped them making it air/hydraulic with the foot pump attached
Last edited by tj316; Dec 18, 2016 at 03:35 PM.
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