Great idea!! Another option you could cut near the end of the hook and use a battery drill. However using your idea for the jack and you already have the impact for taking the lugnuts off. I have carried a half inch impact with me for several years now and just make it a priority to check the battery level before I leave and always keep an extra one with me.
Wow! I had a Jack like this for work , I welded a 3/4 nut on the end of the Jack and I can use any extension with 3/4 socket or even a wheel wrench , ratchet, box wrench it took me less then 5 minutes to prepare and weld the nut !👍🏻👍🏻
I saw a guy leveling his converted camper van using 3 of these - he had level bubbles on the vehicle on all 4 corner and just walked around extending the jacks down until balanced...
After the Jack Collapsed, that came with our mini-van. I ordered a Small Hydraulic Jack, even has a set pin, so the Jack can’t come back down, even if it leaks. Used some Foam that came with a Computer, to modify the mounting, so it wouldn’t rattle. Now Fits perfectly, where the old Jack was.
Сколько усилий,сколько дополнительного инструмента с собой возить,а мне и заводской комплект удобен и лёгок в использовании.Порадовало обеспеченность мастерской стационарным электрооборудованием.Все есть!
Amazon sells this for less than $9. My local Home Depot has them for $14. By the time I buy a welder, grinder, sanding materials and dedicate time to make this device, the total cost would exceed $400 to make this item. It’s a simple project for someone that has the machinery and materials on hand but for many of us it’s cost prohibitive to make this item.
The best jack I've used came with my '73 VW bus. It was a screw jack that had a lug that flipped out and engaged a square tube on the chassis. It was turned with the lug wrench. With a 4-way wrench, I could spin it up and down quickly. Smaller and lighter than a scissors jack. Too bad no one uses it today.
VW design and engineering were ingenious in a class of its own. I once came across a small solar panel (approx. 8"x10") on a plastic frame, with a a suction cup on each of all four corners on the front to adhere it to the interior side of a window. It had a cable wich ended with a plug intended to fit in the cigarette lighter socket. The whole thing was manufactured by VW. I suppose it was meant to feed the voltage produced by the solar panel in through the lighter socket and distribute it to different outlets in a vehicle to connect whatever they may have thought of to be used on one of those camper-like vans. So cool and unique, all of them beautiful.
There are no surprises there. There are some serious drawbacks to doing this, of course... and there are even easier ways of accomplishing what you did here.
I used to have a Jag which had a scissor jack and a rachet. It also had 2 wheel chocks. Chock the wheels and ratchet the car into the air. Quick and easy.
As a geezer it is hard for me to use the standard scissor jacks that came with our cars. So I bought a heaver duty one that I can raise/lower with a socket and ratchet or and impact driver if I every get really lazy. New jack works great so far and I don't have any way to weld.
Not a bad idea if you use the jack on a regular basis but the time savings in use for the typical flat frequency would be much less than the fabrication time even if one had all the required tools. Simpler to twist the jack screw by hand till it picks up load and stabilizes the jack
Sorry folks - this is an incredibly complex solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Go to a junk yard and get 1 - ONE lug nut the same size as the ones on your vehicle. Weld or have welded - the lug nut on the drive end of the jack. Now - whatever turning mechanism you use on your lugs can be used to drive the jack. When we travel - I carry an electric impact. It has enough power to jack the vehicle + R&R the flat tire.
Could you use an old spark plug socket - being longer, this might remove the need for welding - ie you would cut a slot into the socket itself - or of course, just buy a scissor jack adaptor for a few pounds 😉
Pay attention if use impact wrench to driven as from my solid experience, the impact will damage the thread and bearings when the jack with load on top.
@@stevenpollard5171I'v tried it and it works just fine, but as someone has already commented, carrying around a impact wrench to change a tire is not necessary for most people. To me the ratchet is compact and easy to store and no battery to worry about . Correction: I tried it on a trailer not a car.
Amazon sells the part which fits a 1/2" battery powered impact driver. Two scissors jacks and my impact driver make short work of lifting any or all parts of a car off the ground.
I understand the need of finding a solution They should have terminated the screw of the Jack with the same head of the bolts that fix the tyres Then a decent ratchet wrench would do for both tyres and the car jack
Sin tanto rollo le hice una ranura a un dado y lo uso con matraca, la ranura es para que entre el tornillo y el dado es de la medida de la tuerca que va en el gato
Using an impact on such a jack will quickly wear the threads on the jack. Fortunately I learned this with a lighter weight vehicle with the wheel still on.
If you have ever scuffed your knuckles on the ground winding those silly jacks up, you would know how useful such a device is. However, I understand there are easier ways to make one of them and they can be bought retail.
Hmmm My 1.5T scissor jack end fits a 7/8 socket perfectly. Combine it with the right fittings and an electric drill and it'll jack up stuff without going through these hoops.
Or just take a large hook, put it in the chuck of your drill, and use it to run the jack up and down. I usually toss those scissor jacks in the trash and use a floor jack. Super cheap at Harbor Freight, yard sales, or those Salvation Army Thrift stores.
Veszélyesek ezek a kisipari emelők. Az alsó és felső fogasívek gyengék, 2 mm-es lemezből vannak préselve, meghajlanak befelé és az emelt teher lezuhan.
I can change a tire faster than you took to make this thing. And I change the tire as many times as you've made this little device. I've been driving for over 35 years.
Meh. Video was meant for bored guys with well-equipped workshops. Both of the jacks that came with my cars already have ends that can be fitted with a socket, in case you're just an average person with an average job and an average workshop.
Seems like over kill for the amount of times you may need to change a flat on the road. Keeping an impact wrench in the car for this purpose seems a waste of a tool - unless you have two.
The second he got the welder out i knew this wasn't any use at all to me. I am pretty certain i could knock something up that does the job. Cut a slot in an old socket for instance.
Hard to believe we were doing this about forty years ago now...course there no TH-cam then to show people the blindingly obvious.. look forward now to seeing the square wheel idea that prevents a vehicle from running away down hill if you forget the put the handbrake on..
Some jacks come with bolt ends that you can attach a socket to.
Ford AU does, absolutely legendary vehicle
Great idea!! Another option you could cut near the end of the hook and use a battery drill. However using your idea for the jack and you already have the impact for taking the lugnuts off. I have carried a half inch impact with me for several years now and just make it a priority to check the battery level before I leave and always keep an extra one with me.
Harbor Freight used to sell a 12V impact wrench that connected to the car battery via it's long cord and battery clips..
Wow! I had a Jack like this for work , I welded a 3/4 nut on the end of the Jack and I can use any extension with 3/4 socket or even a wheel wrench , ratchet, box wrench it took me less then 5 minutes to prepare and weld the nut !👍🏻👍🏻
Exactly! 👍
I had a friend weld a 40mm long 17mm stud connector to my scissors jack then use the wheel nut wrench that came with my Audi.
I saw a guy leveling his converted camper van using 3 of these - he had level bubbles on the vehicle on all 4 corner and just walked around extending the jacks down until balanced...
Yes! I also made one like this and it works extremely well when combined with a cordless drill
After the Jack Collapsed, that came with our mini-van. I ordered a Small Hydraulic Jack, even has a set pin, so the Jack can’t come back down, even if it leaks. Used some Foam that came with a Computer, to modify the mounting, so it wouldn’t rattle. Now Fits perfectly, where the old Jack was.
Another trick, keep a short 2 x 6 in your car/truck to give the jack a little extra lift, especially if you have larger size tires!
Сколько усилий,сколько дополнительного инструмента с собой возить,а мне и заводской комплект удобен и лёгок в использовании.Порадовало обеспеченность мастерской стационарным электрооборудованием.Все есть!
Good video. 100% didn't need the audio soundtrack. The workshop noises are far better.
I've got the jack and ratchet set. Now all I need is a well equipped work shop.
Be sure to put wheel bearing grease on the threads of the jack. This should be done anyway because it makes it easier to raise the vehicle.
Amazon sells this for less than $9. My local Home Depot has them for $14. By the time I buy a welder, grinder, sanding materials and dedicate time to make this device, the total cost would exceed $400 to make this item.
It’s a simple project for someone that has the machinery and materials on hand but for many of us it’s cost prohibitive to make this item.
It just for showing off.
they doing to much
The best jack I've used came with my '73 VW bus. It was a screw jack that had a lug that flipped out and engaged a square tube on the chassis. It was turned with the lug wrench. With a 4-way wrench, I could spin it up and down quickly. Smaller and lighter than a scissors jack. Too bad no one uses it today.
VW design and engineering were ingenious in a class of its own. I once came across a small solar panel (approx. 8"x10") on a plastic frame, with a a suction cup on each of all four corners on the front to adhere it to the interior side of a window. It had a cable wich ended with a plug intended to fit in the cigarette lighter socket. The whole thing was manufactured by VW. I suppose it was meant to feed the voltage produced by the solar panel in through the lighter socket and distribute it to different outlets in a vehicle to connect whatever they may have thought of to be used on one of those camper-like vans. So cool and unique, all of them beautiful.
you can buy these socket adapters now online .
i bought one years ago and have only used the jack aa couple of times.
if you grind the sides a little bit you can put a socket right on the end
My Ford jacks have a 13/16” hex head at the end of the screw….Fords RULE !!
Your drill press has a THREADED column. I've never seen that before.
I could write a chapter in a book about how many times I've used a scissor jack where it wasn't designed for.
Ditto.
FYI, they sell a "Scissor Jack Adapter"
amazon less than $9.00
just welded an old socket on mine. does the same job with little of the work. and yes the finished tool works very well.
Put epoxy putty inside of a socket and push it over the scissor jack crank. Wait 10 minutes to harden. Ready to use. No welding.
There are no surprises there. There are some serious drawbacks to doing this, of course... and there are even easier ways of accomplishing what you did here.
Very good...will start on one for my router lift
I used to have a Jag which had a scissor jack and a rachet. It also had 2 wheel chocks. Chock the wheels and ratchet the car into the air. Quick and easy.
Nice tool! I use a 1/2 in.drive 7/8 socket with my impact gun.
As a geezer it is hard for me to use the standard scissor jacks that came with our cars. So I bought a heaver duty one that I can raise/lower with a socket and ratchet or and impact driver if I every get really lazy. New jack works great so far and I don't have any way to weld.
I use size 15/16” impact socket on 1/2” impact wrench.
Up in less than 10 sec.
There's similar tool for scissors-type jack available on the commercial platform for less than 10 dollars 😊
So i don't have to buy the MiG welder /helmet/wire/drill press/ drills and center punch!
And to build all this, you only need about $3000 worth of shop tools you're likely to never use again. (This was the experience of my late father.)
Not a bad idea if you use the jack on a regular basis but the time savings in use for the typical flat frequency would be much less than the fabrication time even if one had all the required tools. Simpler to twist the jack screw by hand till it picks up load and stabilizes the jack
Sorry folks - this is an incredibly complex solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
Go to a junk yard and get 1 - ONE lug nut the same size as the ones on your vehicle.
Weld or have welded - the lug nut on the drive end of the jack.
Now - whatever turning mechanism you use on your lugs can be used to drive the jack.
When we travel - I carry an electric impact. It has enough power to jack the vehicle + R&R the flat tire.
Could you use an old spark plug socket - being longer, this might remove the need for welding - ie you would cut a slot into the socket itself - or of course, just buy a scissor jack adaptor for a few pounds 😉
I bought exactly the same thing from Wish recently. Cost about 3 quid.
Pay attention if use impact wrench to driven as from my solid experience, the impact will damage the thread and bearings when the jack with load on top.
It won't be used very much so it will take a decades to damage anything.
That was a great idea by a friend👍
AMC used to include a jack wilt a bolt head to drive it with their cars. They can be found cheap at wrecking yards...
Bravo! Thanks!
I would have to use that jack a lot to justify all that trouble.
That drillpress looks nice. What is it?
Excelente idea 👍👍👍
I don’t think I’ve ever been so underwhelmed in my life
Thanks for a great idea. It makes operating the jack with a ratchet so much easier than messing with that goofy handle.
I wanted to see the impact wrench used on the jack to actually lift the car.
@@stevenpollard5171I'v tried it and it works just fine, but as someone has already commented, carrying around a impact wrench to change a tire is not necessary for most people. To me the ratchet is compact and easy to store and no battery to worry about . Correction: I tried it on a trailer not a car.
A deep socket cut out will work a lot easier
Why the jack manufacturer didn’t do a better job is beyond me.
I changed a tire not long ago with this style jack. It’s sucks!
Amazon sells the part which fits a 1/2" battery powered impact driver. Two scissors jacks and my impact driver make short work of lifting any or all parts of a car off the ground.
Put a wheel nut on it then you can use a wheel spanner or anything you can use to remove the wheel nuts too.
Thank you
I understand the need of finding a solution
They should have terminated the screw of the Jack with the same head of the bolts that fix the tyres
Then a decent ratchet wrench would do for both tyres and the car jack
Excelente gracias 👌
Génialisime!!!!!
Sin tanto rollo le hice una ranura a un dado y lo uso con matraca, la ranura es para que entre el tornillo y el dado es de la medida de la tuerca que va en el gato
Using an impact on such a jack will quickly wear the threads on the jack. Fortunately I learned this with a lighter weight vehicle with the wheel still on.
Did you grease the threads with wheel bearing grease? That will save the threads for many years.
Excellent idea.
¡ Por eso tengo un gato electrico !
👍👍🤣🤣👌👌🤦♂🤦♂👏👏😂😂
I could have the tire changed by now
So I need a hole new shop to do this and use it maybe once a year. Give me a break.
Con el taladro es lo mejor!
De todo el vídeo lo único que me gustó fueron los guantes verdes. Eres un genio, te rompiste la cabeza pensando algo así
Excelent, good jobs.
Just wish I had all those tools to do this.
Och hells bells what a carrry on man just use the jack as it is !!
If you have ever scuffed your knuckles on the ground winding those silly jacks up, you would know how useful such a device is.
However, I understand there are easier ways to make one of them and they can be bought retail.
Damnit, I left my cordless drill at home says motorist with a flat tire.
Moi je ai fait 2 manivelles avec 1developpement plus large +de forces
These idea's are great, only one problem, not many people have a welder?
Everybody in Texas has a welder. I think it’s a rite of passage thing.
For those without a welder, you can buy them for ~$15 USD. I just placed an order with Home Depot.
Nice. Good work.
Jack needs a larger base to improve stability.
Hmmm My 1.5T scissor jack end fits a 7/8 socket perfectly. Combine it with the right fittings and an electric drill and it'll jack up stuff without going through these hoops.
I'm not surprised !
Or just take a large hook, put it in the chuck of your drill, and use it to run the jack up and down. I usually toss those scissor jacks in the trash and use a floor jack. Super cheap at Harbor Freight, yard sales, or those Salvation Army Thrift stores.
Excelente para una varada en la noche oscura y lloviendo en una carretera de montaña.
Or you could drill a hole thru a deep well socket for a screw that also covers the crank.
Veszélyesek ezek a kisipari emelők. Az alsó és felső fogasívek gyengék, 2 mm-es lemezből vannak préselve, meghajlanak befelé és az emelt teher lezuhan.
Meleca cara, só não vou fazer porque não tenho essa fita gomada nem a tinta. 😂😂😂
I can change a tire faster than you took to make this thing. And I change the tire as many times as you've made this little device. I've been driving for over 35 years.
Great. Just gonna pop out and buy a drill press, band saw, angle grinder, welder, linnisher.......WAIT forget it, I'll buy a BOTTLE JACK 🙂
just use a 22mm socket works just as well
Meh. Video was meant for bored guys with well-equipped workshops. Both of the jacks that came with my cars already have ends that can be fitted with a socket, in case you're just an average person with an average job and an average workshop.
Seems like over kill for the amount of times you may need to change a flat on the road. Keeping an impact wrench in the car for this purpose seems a waste of a tool - unless you have two.
a 19 mm socket fits over it i use one all the time with a buzz gun
Такие переходники продаются на каждом углу - зачем этот труд???
very easy!!! Within everyone's reach
Someone should just mass-produce that adapter you made and painted blue so that you could use any scissors jack with a socket driver.
Item is known as a clevis I believe.
I turned the volume off ASAP! LOUD BACKGROUND LOUSY MUSIC IS NOT NECESSARY!
The second he got the welder out i knew this wasn't any use at all to me. I am pretty certain i could knock something up that does the job. Cut a slot in an old socket for instance.
I wanted to do something similar with mine but I didn't need to cause someone at GM did it before me 😢
It’s easier to just buy on. That’s what I did. Amazon is a wonderful thing.😂😂😂😂😂
Amazon sells them. I have one. Save you time and effort. I also use a floor jack at home.
Buenas tardes, amigo tengo un gato igual a ese y no sirve , medio suave y se cae. Creo que tiene el tornillo aislado ,como lo reparo?
Hahaha. All that effort to a jack, unless you are in a tow truck service business you don’t need that
the best upgrade for that style of jack is to throw it as far as you can into a river
Hard to believe we were doing this about forty years ago now...course there no TH-cam then to show people the blindingly obvious.. look forward now to seeing the square wheel idea that prevents a vehicle from running away down hill if you forget the put the handbrake on..
Hat es einen besondern Grund, dass das Video spiegelverkehr ist?
This is going to be my next project. I'm going to buy me a machine shop with all those tolls just to upgrade my car jack....🤔🙄..😂😂..
😆😄🤣😂😅
The only car jack worth talking about is a Bilstein Quick Lift.
ANCIENT !!!
Can buy the exact for less than bucks
My goodness me this was the first mod I did on my Jack in 1962 is there nothing new.
Hace 55 años yo usaba un gato como ese
Sensational
This type of jack is ONLY for emergency use, if you want a better jack.........buy one.
donde los venden en bogota
I did something even easier;I just picked a socket that fits over the jackscrew,fit it to my ratchet wrench,and crank away.