Jack clearance
Road Captain
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From: Delaware
+2 on this method. Works well for me everytime.
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Cruiser
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Oklahoma
I'd like to know this too. I put it under the crossmember. It felt a little more balanced to me. What does anybody else do?
Seasoned HDF Member
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From: SW Minnesota
My jack (JC Whitney) is just a bit too tall for the Ultra, but from the right side, with the bike on the side stand, I insert the jack until it hits the left frame member, then pick up the right end, tipping the other end just so it goes under the frame, then lower it back down, and jack away.
Used to use the 2x6 trick, but the above method works better.
I put the rear of the jack just in front of the dog bone crossmember. I think jacking on the cross member could bend it.
Used to use the 2x6 trick, but the above method works better.
I put the rear of the jack just in front of the dog bone crossmember. I think jacking on the cross member could bend it.
Tourer
Joined: May 2008
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From: Tupelo, MS
I'm "open ears" to any ideas????
2nd Gear
Joined: May 2009
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I have a Sears red Jack shh, dont let anyone hear me say this and i have been using it since my girlfriend kicked me out of the house and wouldnt give me her j&s jack This Sears jack is very stable as all get out once and this is very important you jack the thing up all the way. Any jack imo will be unstable unless jacked to its highest or close to capacity.....Any comments about this last sentence.
yeah...what do you mean?
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Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Boise Idaho
All my bikes are lowered and my Sears red jack wouldn't fit under any of them anymore so I went and bought a Sears yellow jack, man what mistake, that is the flimsiest piece of crap I have ever used (I used it once and took it back) what I did to cure the problem was to make a simple wood platform with a removable trap door, it's 3 pieces of 3/4 plywood screwed together.
It works very well and completely stable as you can ride onto it put down the stand get off, pull out the trap door and roll the jack in and you can just leave it on the floor as you can drive your car right over it, I only pick it up lay it against the wall in the snowy season.
It works very well and completely stable as you can ride onto it put down the stand get off, pull out the trap door and roll the jack in and you can just leave it on the floor as you can drive your car right over it, I only pick it up lay it against the wall in the snowy season.
Last edited by jag1886; May 13, 2009 at 05:39 PM.
+1. Then when you get more comfortable with balancing it by the handlebar, you can stand it up and push the jack under with your foot.
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From: Snow Hill, NC
I put mine under the crossmember...seems to be more stable that way.