Anyone modified the humble scissor jack handle?

[mart]

I recently got a flat tyre while out & about, and it's the first time I have used the scissor jack that came with the car. It was in brand new condition not seized. I found the handle really awkward to use.

It took me 30 minutes to change a wheel! and that was a nice sunny evening on a retail park. If it was after dark, on a main road and heavy rain I would have sent for John Cleese.

So, I'm thinking of making a simple removable T bar for a handle. Anyone else done similar? Or, maybe I'll invest in a tiny trolley jack to keep in the boot?

 

[rtbcomp]

There's a knack. On mine i hold the end of the handle in my right hand and just where it bends in my left. I then move both my hands together in opposite directions.

 

[normspanners]

There's a knack.

Mart obviously hast got the knackas you have!
ps and no I hav'nt spelt it wrong

 

[MCKDAVID]

nothing too it, maybe you just need another shredded wheat in the mornings....

 

[mart]

There's a knack. On mine i hold the end of the handle in my right hand and just where it bends in my left. I then move both my hands together in opposite directions.

Certainly that sounds a better technique than the one I was using.

 

[swedge]

How many knuckles did you scrape lol

I always carry my 3 ton in my boot but I do have a 4x4

 

[normspanners]

You need to learn the jackers knack

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Could you make an adaptor which would allow you to use a ratchet? Something along these lines?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-Long-3-4...979220?hash=item4b14879d94:g:pBIAAOSwVJhZXk~s

 

[normspanners]

Could you make an adaptor which would allow you to use a ratchet? Something along these lines?

or a cordless drill

 

[mart]

Could you make an adaptor which would allow you to use a ratchet? Something along these lines?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-Long-3-4...979220?hash=item4b14879d94:g:pBIAAOSwVJhZXk~s

Good Idea

 

[slim_boy_fat]

You need to learn the jackers knack

Is that where they pile you up with cabbages? Oh no...wait....that was Crackerjack.....

 

[Cobbler]

or a cordless drill

I modified a scissor jack that I use on odd occasions where it's a confined space. I changed the it where you put the handle in by welding a large nut on there, I can now run it up with a rattle gun or a ratchet. It was a jack from a Nissan with no handle I had, so it was useless as it was.

 

[Shox Dr]

There's a knack. On mine i hold the end of the handle in my right hand and just where it bends in my left. I then move both my hands together in opposite directions.

Got one on the M1 a few yrs ago, total pain to use. What you describe is exactly how I used it...in the end.

(I must be losing my nerve, there's a reason why it's called The Hard Shoulder, I was babbin' mi sen at times. Some lorry drivers werent giving an inch.)

 

[normspanners]

Got one on the M1 a few yrs ago, total pain to use. What you describe is exactly how I used it...in the end.

(I must be losing my nerve, there's a reason why it's called The Hard Shoulder, I was babbin' mi sen at times. Some lorry drivers werent giving an inch.)

You want to try changing an offside one on a caravan on the A55 at night the A55 is a two lane carriageway with no hard shoulder on the main route to holyhead and all the irish truckers doing 100mph. to make the midnight ferry, we used to regularly get calls from rac OH all our lads are busy.
They would literally be inches away one took the door mirror off the truck one night as the lad was loading a car.

 

[mart]

I modified a scissor jack that I use on odd occasions where it's a confined space. I changed the it where you put the handle in by welding a large nut on there, I can now run it up with a rattle gun or a ratchet. It was a jack from a Nissan with no handle I had, so it was useless as it was.

I like the large nut idea with a ratchet etc.

 

[gordon stephenson]

Never had a problem, back in the day, As Rtbcomp says, just a matter of technique, Hold the long rod that goes to the jack in one hand and the cranked end in the other then rotate both together.(doggy paddle style) They are a pain if you try to hold the long rod still.
P.S. If you are going to weld a nut on,use you your cordless drill, As per posh caravaners do for their corner jacks,

 

[Migmac]

I modified a scissor jack that I use on odd occasions where it's a confined space. I changed the it where you put the handle in by welding a large nut on there, I can now run it up with a rattle gun or a ratchet. It was a jack from a Nissan with no handle I had, so it was useless as it was.

Good idea, I would weld a nut on the same size as the wheel nuts

 

[Cobbler]

Good idea, I would weld a nut on the same size as the wheel nuts

In my case it wasn't a jack I kept in the car, just an odd one I'd aquired & used in the garage when a trolley wasn't the answer. I never chuck anything out that might be useful ......... That's why I've got a garage full of rubbish

 

[the snooper]

Modify it with a small trolley jack instead takes up more room but much better when the weather is against you

 

[Migmac]

In my case it wasn't a jack I kept in the car, just an odd one I'd aquired & used in the garage when a trolley wasn't the answer. I never chuck anything out that might be useful ......... That's why I've got a garage full of rubbish

Man after my own heart, I have three sheds full of rubbish