Jack Hard Points

[jeffmoreau]

I undertand that Van's sells jack hard points that thread into the tie-down ring location.
I can't seem to locate them on the Van's site. Can someone post a link please.

I would appreciate it very much.

[Walt]

The ones I got from Van's years ago were plastic, I ditched them and went and bought some carriage bolts from the local hardware store.

[dmaib]

I bought the jack set from Van's just a year ago, but it does not seem to be listed in the Web Store now. The jack pads that came in the kit are plastic. I have used them two or three times and they work fine. The kit also came with axle jacking hardware. You might call Van's and see if they are still available.

[dlloyd3]

Van's 2010-2011 catalog page 113, JACK POINT. Plastic? Isn't that imitation metal?

[carguy614]

I have a set of the plastic jack points, and I use them to plug the tie down holes when flying. They seem to bend over when used as a jack point, and it makes me a bit uneasy. If that thing were to break when jacking one wing at a time, I'd have a heck of a mess. I have decided to search out a metal set, or make some up. Maybe they are tougher than they look, But maybe not. To be fair, I only have one wing jack available to me, so jacking one wing at a time puts a significant side load on the button. Jacking both wings on the plane would be a better solution, and they would be fine.

Just a thought, Chris

[Rick6a]

Originally Posted by jeffmoreau

I undertand that Van's sells jack hard points that thread into the tie-down ring location.
I can't seem to locate them on the Van's site. Can someone post a link please.

I would appreciate it very much.

Prefer metal? With a bench sander and scotch brite wheel, you can easily make your own jack point. I fashioned mine from a spare tie-down ring.

[Ironflight]

I have the plastic ones as well, and yes - they do tend to bend if you don't have them all the way in - and since the skin isn't in contact with the lower face of the tie down block, you can't really screw them all the way in. I screw them ALMOST all the way in - just touching the skin, but I am very careful with them. I have a set of Allen-head bolts with the right thread that, one of these days, I am going to modify the way Rick did those tie-down rings. I probably wouldn't buy the plastic things again.

Paul

[noelf]

many years ago, I did not like the idea of the designed-in gap between the wing bottom skin and the tie down threaded square rod. I riveted in a spacer to fill in this gap.

I also use the plastic jack points. I screw them in until they are just snug with the wing bottom skin and get no wing skin deflection when jacking up the aircraft.

[carguy614]

I like the spacer idea. Thats a definate on my next set of wings.
Thanks for the tip
Regards,
Chris