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How do I jack up my RV-8? Does anyone sell a fitting for the wing tie down points? Do you slip a tapered bracket to the gear legs like used on a Cessna 180? Hang it from the engine mount? What seems to be simplest?
Here is a review of the "Handy Jack" I use. Works great.How do I jack up my RV-8?......What seems to be simplest?
How do I jack up my RV-8? Does anyone sell a fitting for the wing tie down points?
I agree but how do you get he wheel off? Isn't it caught between the gearleg and the jack?The best RV8 jacking method I have seen is to put a rod in the tooling hole in the leg and use a normal sissor jack to lift it. If I can figure out how to put a picture of it I will attach it. Note put a bung in the hole to stop it filling with crud when not in use.
OK - maybe I'm having some memory recall issues. I don't recall there being a hole drilled in my gear leg. Guess I need to take a look. Mine's original Van's, circa 1999. I'm 99% sure there's no drilled hole in the leg.RV8or has it right, this is really simple. I use a 12-inch length of 7/16 drill rod. I don't remember, I might have had to turn the OD down a tiny bit to fit in the hole.
Stick it in the hole, put a floor jack, sizzor jack, or bottle jack if you are brave, as close to the inboard face of the gear leg as you can ( to minimize bending moment in the rod) and jack away. You can carry the rod in the plane, and anywhere you can get a jack, you are all set.
OK - maybe I'm having some memory recall issues. I don't recall there being a hole drilled in my gear leg. Guess I need to take a look. Mine's original Van's, circa 1999. I'm 99% sure there's no drilled hole in the leg.
Thanks - I'll check that out.There is a hole in the leg, but it gets covered up by the wheel pant attach bracket. You'd have to match-drill a hole in the bracket to be able to use this method. It would go right in the center of the four bolts in the picture below.