Old Spiral Jack Restoration ( screw jack , bottle jack )
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2018
- In the spotlight for restoration this week is a rather old and crusty SPIRAL or SCREW BOTTLE JACK. Im not sure what year or make it is but i thinks its safe to say its quite old and has seen better days.
The first thing to be done was to chock the jack up in the vice and drill the heads of the rivets off but as you will see in the video drilling them didn't weaken them sufficiently as they were solid steel rivets not hollow pops, so i had to take the violence level up a notch and break out the angle grinder and punches which worked a treat.
Next step was a complete inspection to see what challenges lay ahead and much to my surprise the internal condition was way better than i was expecting.
At this stage of the disassembly im sure lots of you will be rather upset with me for not removing the gear assembly from the main body and i have a perfectly good reason for not doing it. The screw/spiral is pinned to the main gear and i didn't have a good enough reason to remove it to warrant the risk of cracking the gear, and the main body of the jack has two key ways punched into the casing to prevent the slides coming out completely and again i didn't grind the key ways off to remove the spiral as i have no way of punching the keyways back in again. Anyway......
Next was a thorough washing and degreasing with gunk engine cleaner to remove all the oil and grime and then a hot bath in all purpose cleaner to remove any final oil residue. I then gave all the parts a liberal coating of paint stripper and as you can see from my gloves the effect was immediate on this old paintwork, then all the parts got another cleaning before being left to soak for 24hrs in a rust removal bath.
Now that the jack was in bare steel my first priority was to get a coat of primer on it to stop any moisture in the air or on my hands corroding the steel while rebuilding and getting ready for paint.
The first job to tackle was rebuilding the bearing with new ball bearings and grease and ensuring that it runs smoothly. After that the main gear and screw was greased the bottom plate was fitted then riveted on solid with new pop rivets.
Once that was done it was time for the final masking and start of the paint job. 3 heavy coats of high solid high build primer were applied and flatted back with 800 grit wet n dry to give a blemish free finish before moving onto the mid coat which is a skoda race blue metallic (very similar to Subaru world rally blue ). Then came several coats of clear till adequate depth and clarity were achieved.
And after a quick polish of the bare metal components the restoration was complete and i must say im delighted with the way it turned out.
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Hey Guys, As you have probably noticed already i have updated the channel name and logo. The channel is no longer Really Random Channel it is now RRC Restoration. Just incase you were wondering why the water marks in the video still say Really Random Channel. Enjoy.
Restoring a car jack did not seem that interesting but i went ahead and clicked it. This was a great video and the color was beautiful. You did an absolutely great job.
Thank you very much! :) More videos to come soon ;)
Now it looks like a bong
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YAAAY YUUUHH
exactly what i was going to say :D a skookum bong for really heavy use! :P
Damnit i was gonna say that 😂😂😂
I guess that's how bong's was invented, they stole the design from whoever invented the Old Spiral Jack.
"What's inside" but only cooler! You put the stuff back together again!! Really enjoying these videos.
Hey, Thanks for your comment. Plenty more content to come ;) RRC
Wow. Just Wow. I can watch this channel all day!
Hey, Thanks for your kind comment. More videos coming soon!
I really did not think I would really care for this one, but I LOVED it. Great restoration video and taking something that is so often over looked and making it beautiful.
Hey,Thanks for the comment. Im glad you enjoyed the video and were pleasantly surprised, its what makes it all worth while. :)
Nicely done! So shiny!
Hey, Its an honour to receive a comment from you let alone get a compliment flung in aswell :) Your channel is actually what got me addicted to restoration and now i cant get enough! I thank you sir :)
Haha thank you! Restoration is such a fun hobby, I'm glad you were inspired.
@@HandToolRescue u r the best
I can't believe you took time to wet sand it... Perfectionist sir. Wonderful.
If a jobs worth doing its worth overdoing ;) haha
Watching at double speed makes it more awesome.😀
Very impressive! Excellent job. I am especially impressed at how well that DEOX took the rust off the metal. That was rather shocking. Thanks for sharing.
Hey,Thanks for the comment :)
That blue is beautiful!
Grizzly Garage I’d be scared to use it
I don't know why ....but I'm addicted to this channel!
Your use of color is always perfect.
And the winner of the 2018 Completely Overboard Award is......The Really Random Channel!
Seriously though, great job. I like it.
Im very glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment :)
Really Random Channel You are very welcome.
I was okay until you used pop rivets to reattach the base. The rivets used in the original were steel solid flat head rivets that could take the pressure of the screw assembly inside against the bearing base. It is an old worm screw jack . Nissan made them for their cars back in the late 60's ,70's and 80's. Interesting video.
You right....also I think there need to put more grease too...but generaly nice work..
wow! I have no idea why I am here but loved every bit of it.
Amazing work. When I first glanced at the thumbnail, I thought this was a bong.
It looks so good that I wouldn't want to use it lol.
Great job!
Oh my that blue looks so good it reminds me of some blue candy and the top looks like a silver crownd tooth.
Получать удовольствие от просмотра работы, которая доставляет автору удовольствие! Стремление к совершенству - есть ПУТЬ! РЕСПЕКТ!
One of the most satisfying videos I've ever seen. Thanks
Your very welcome. Thanks for the comment. RRC
Hey folks, Im loving the warm reception you've given the automotive restoration twist the channel hast taken in the past couple of videos :). With that being said i would love to hear your input into what else you would like to see restored thats linked to to the automotive world whether its random automobilia, a specific car or motorbike part, a vintage automotive tool? etc. All ideas are welcome . And again id like to thank everyone for helping the channel grow and bring you even more content. RRC
Automotive tools. ANY tool! :) Amazing work! Keep going!
Really Random Channel Respect
hand and power tools such as chainsaws, axes, shovels, etc...
NYRfan845 Моя твоя не понимай
restoring an old roll cart tool box would be cool
Wow! Absolutely beautiful job! Love the color! NICE WORK
Hey, Thanks for the comment, it means a lot! :) RRC
That's what i could f..king craftsmanship, brilliant !!!
I love it when a functional tool is rescued from the junk heap, but you my friend turned it into a show piece. Well done.
Hey, Thank you very much for your kind comment.
The final before and after just a put a grin on my face. So satisfying
Hey, Thanks for your comment. Very glad you enjoyed the video.
Sharif Sircar is that you in the profile picture? Lol
You don't sand primer, you use self etching primer
Taylor Leger This will be interesting. Yes, why do you ask?
Taylor Leger I assume it's directed towards the video uploader
Awesome color!
Love that blue. Thanks for sharing the project.
Thank you for watching :)
Why am I so enamored with these videos?
Beautiful- should be entered in a car show
I couldnt figure out why youtube had suggest a video about a bong when I saw the thumbnail. Glad I clicked, beautiful work.
Nicer than new! Classic auto artwork
Thank you :)
i never could work that fast. amazing!
Great restoration. Something tells me that it probably looks better now than when it was new.
I think your probably correct about that haha. Thanks for the comment.
Love the pearl blue!
That's the greatest bong I have ever seen.
4:40 my jaw just dropped... Very satisfying to watch Your videos
Thanks for your comment. Plenty more videos to come in the future :)
This final blue is awesome
Another very well done restoration that was sympathetic to its originality,alway good to see old well made tools/equipment saved from the scrap yard and given a new lease of life,definatley gets my thumbs up
Hey, Thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed it :)
Im a filipino, i subscribed because i love your works
Fantastic colour, Deox C is my weapon of choice when dealing with rest.
Absolutely beautiful and simply finished product. Subbed!
Thanks very much! your sub is highly appreciated :)
Really Random Channel your content is much appreciated and calming after a long week. Keep going! Road to 100k! Would be awesome to see a set of stands to go with that jack.
good job
That's really awesome.. love the metallic blue.. great refurbished..! tx for the video..
Hey, Thanks for the comment! :)
Man that blue paint job is amazing.
Thank you :)
Looks like a mechanical engineer's bong
IKR
It's so beautiful
Thank you.
This was great.
That rust remover is the best I've seen in all the videos of these kind that I've watched.
Quite brilliant. Thanks for showing. Wish we could get that rust eater here.
Awesome job! Damn that rust remover works really good. I don't agree with the alloy rivets. Should have used inox rivets. Much stronger. Thank you for your time and effort.
Hey, Thanks for your comment. Yeah its a fantastic rust remover and not to slow at working either as long as its not too cold outside. Im getting alot of comments about the rivets but i only ever intended it to be a show piece afterwards its not going to be used ever again so no need for steel rivets. RRC.
Really Random Channel Aaaah!! Ok yeah it makes sense, it's so perfect I wouldn't put it to use either after that paintjob. Looking forward to your future vids.
Is it just me or does it look like a bong? Nice job, those little jacks can be handy
Excellent restored job, it's better than the new original. Thank You So Much for showing the video.
Man, you turned that jack into a work of art. Cool.
Very pretty and a good job except the pop rivets, The jack was designed to use proper rivets which are a lot stronger.
Tbh i was only ever going to use it as an ornament so the pop rivets are purely for decoration and holding it together, i have bigger and better jacks that i trust way more than this one! haha.
Rivet in the best condition can't hold much more than 350 pounds each , again to work under a car near a ton with a jack held by aluminium rivet I would be very scared ! th-cam.com/video/MAVYtx5dvUA/w-d-xo.html
Nice job RRC and I get that you view it as an ornament, but one day it will fall into someone else's hands, either stollen or an estate sale, and it will harm someone. At least print a warning label and stick it underneath it.
Please explain the forces that you think will be at work on these rivets. If you look at the design, the rivets appear to do nothing more than hold the bottom plate in place. When in use, the bottom plate will be resting on a flat surface and the plate will absorb all of the lifting force placed upon the mechanism. There might be a very small rotational torque transferred to the rivets which will largely be absorbed through friction between the body of the jack and the bottom plate.
If you are working under a car supported by a jack then you are being foolish. Always use jack stands. Besides, there are 8 rivets. 8x350=2800lbs of shear strength in a low-load direction. The load on the rivets is rotational, not lifting.
Dude! What was the name of that rust remover? Mordor Extreme or something? That stuff is impressing!
Hahaha I absolutley love that name for a rust remover! you should go into business with a product called that id certainly buy it even if it was just for the name! haha. The actual name of the rust remover is Bilt Hamber DEOX C. Thanks for the comment.
That blue is just absolutely amazing. Nice choice. Good job
Absolutely a great job on an old jack... I remember those .slow as hell
Hey, Thanks very much. Haha i know no wonder you never see them anymore haha
@@RRCRestoration now cheap sizzor Jack's
Pop rivits!???? I was with you up to that.
Read the description ;)
I'll pass reading that written short story in addition to watching the video, thank you very much. For several reasons and here's one. If is not important enough to put in the video than it's " not important".
I'd like to add, it was a very very nice job, except for the aluminum pop vivits. They do sell steel rivits and with a few strikes on the flairing tool are set right. Best wishes.
I thought the same thing. But I dont think it matters. This isnt a good bottle jack anyway so it's not going to be used for a a heavy vehicle. Or used at all.
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Now it's ready to rattle around behind the back seat of uncle Eddy's old Ford pickup! Spectacular work sir. I like the color choice.
Hey, Thanks for your comment. :)
OH MASTER!!! HOW MAY I SERVE YOU!!!
so im sitting here watching this with headphones on, the wife asks me what im watching ......I said " im watching a jack video" She shakes her head and said why would you watch a video like that , isnt regular porn enough !! LOLOLOLOL I turned the computer towards her and showed her what i was saying ! She just said " Oh a JACK video, i get it now, sorry "
Love it! HAHA
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ok cool, im actually 43 , be 44 in a few months . Now where do we go ? Should i cal you a name and start a macho youtube comment fight or just let it go ? If you found my original comment offensive, dont read it again or even reply to it, if you really think im a 12 year old that typed that to get attention , then go fuckth thyself ! LOL
Hell, I'm 50 - but there's still a little bit of the 12-year-old on the inside that makes me giggle at the idea of a "jack video."
Didn't you want to polish it when it was nearly bare metal?
Hey thanks for the comment. Ive never really been keen on polished metal im much more of a paint man.
Really Random Channel I mean after it was stripped but before it was painted
watching till the end was absolutely worth it :-)
Not sure why TH-cam suggested this vid to me (it's really random!) but I love it - well done, man. I've got a friend with a Mini Cooper and that jack would match her car perfectly!
My car isn't painted that we'll.
My car isn’t painted that we will??
Visually, it looks fantastic! However, I would never trust it as a working jack with the aluminum pop rivets holding the baseplate on. It should have been hot rivited with solid rivets like the factory. It will look great as a display item in the man cave!!!
Tbh i was only ever going to use it as an ornament, i have bigger and better jacks that i trust way more than this one! haha.
Then you need to add a note to the video explaining that. Someone is going to see this and think that's a proper way to repair something and end up replacing steel hot rivets with aluminum pops. Dangerous example.
John Since when is it the content creators job to deal with idiot's? Anyone who is dumb enough to lift a car with aluminium as there weak point almost deserves to have said car fall on them. He doesn't NEED make videos for 6 year old's. You guys act like you caught him or something when in reality why would you use a hot rivet for a hunk of metal that will sit on a table and never be used? hundreds of times the effort for nothing.
The rivets don't have to be strong. There's really no pressure on them. The force is all downward anyway.
It's his job since he posted it as a restoration, which in this case is a misleading title. Lots of people have little knowledge of engineering, material strengths etc and could easily believe this video shows a functional restoration instead of a refurbishment. When you produce content you have to take responsibility for it.
You got down with that project 👍🏻💪🏻
Fabulous restoration!! My congratulations.
Thank you :)
In the meantime, those of us with shit to do will just spend $25 on a new one from Harbor Freight.
Hey, Yeah you could do that but it wouldn't be as shiny as mine ;) haha
The before and after photos are remarkable!
omg that blue is amazing! Wish I could get my truck painted that color
Hey, Its Skoda Race blue if you ever need to know the colour code ;)
Old indeed! One of my first tool acquisitions over 53 years ago and it was old then. Served me well for starting out and still at the ready if needed. Good job on the resto.
The only thing I would change about this video would have been to use proper rivets and nit pop rivets? It’s very satisfying to se an old tool look so nice in the end!!
Wow, your a Jack of all trades.
Love that blue colour. Finished item looks amazing!
Thank you :) More videos coming soon ;)
Man, my dad was a traveling salesman and put 100,000k miles of a Ford Econoline van every year from the early 60’s to mid 70’s. As soon as I saw that jack I recognized it. Great job.
Hey, I love hearing abut how these old restorations bring back memories for people! :)
Excellent. Beautiful finish.
Nice job and excellent paint job!
It's so purtty won't want to use it for fear of scratching it. Great job!
Very nice. I like you paint blue and shiny. Good job. 😀👏❤
Thank you very much :)
Beautiful work, thanks for sharing.
I have no idea what this alien devise is but job well done! So satisfying to watch
Haha, Thanks very much glad you enjoyed it! :)
That turned out gorgeous!
Thank you :)
Смотреть приятно на такую работу! В России про таких говорят "человек с золотыми руками"!
So much fun to watch the jack go from shit to SHINE! Great job!
Thanks very much! :)
Art at it's finest - extremely satisfying end result! Thank you!
Wow, what a stunning job.
Thank you very much! :)
Absolutely amazing! Work of art, worth a display in a showcase!
you are have golden hand ... many respect for you
The paint job is better than my car's, congrat on the good job man
Haha, Thanks a lot :)
Excellent work mate!
This is one of the nicest I’ve seen, top job
Thank you very much! More videos coming soon ;)
Really Random Channel, excellent! new subscriber from Adelaide Australia
Nice one, Your sub is very much appreciated! :)
Wow. This is such a great video. I can learn so much in such a short time. Not that I'd do that, but it's educational, and, it's just beautiful to watch. Keep up the good work.
Real nice job !!! 👍👍👍 Thank's for your video !!! P.s. From Ukraine.
The speed makes it look hilarious. :D
Great video though, cool to restore something so ordinary.
You really gave that thing a second chance.
Beautiful work.
*Nice Rebuild. New to your Community thanks for sharing look forward to hearing from you God bless bye for now Ken*
Hey, Thanks for your comment :)
What a beauty. Well done dude. Inspired me to fix up a few things I've neglected.
incredibly nice looking bong