| Jack Hook Question [message #359425] |
Mon, 12 October 2020 11:07  |
Greg C.
Messages: 224
Registered: October 2019
Location: Knoxville, TN
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So I was camping on Watts Bar Lake last month for the Feathercraft Rally. Got up one morning, and had a flat tire. Less than 1200 miles on all new tires. Of course, I did not have a jack, and my spare tire
has a 1990 date code on it. Plus, I have 16" American Eagle wheels with a 16.5" steel spare. So no lug nuts, either. I knew this was a problem before I went, and decided to gamble. Fortunately for me, it
turned out that when I checked the tires I must have let a piece of trash get under the Schrader valve, because once I re-inflated the tire with a friend's portable compressor, it has held air ever since.
With all that being said, I must remedy the situation. I have a 16" steel wheel coming, Chuck Boyd can supply me with lug nuts, and I plan to buy a new matching tire this week.
This still leaves the jack. I see that a lot of people use the Ford bottle jack with a jack hook, and I am leaning this way.
JimK has the combination jack hook that works in front and back. But the link to this on his Instructions part of his website does not work.
My question is this: After all the warnings I have read about jacking up the coach ONLY in the middle and ONLY on the front crossmember to prevent cracking a windshield, how does this jack hook work? It does
not look like it will fit under the front crossmember. Can you jack it up on the side behind the front tire without worrying about breaking a very expensive windshield?
Thank you.
Greg Crawford
KM4ZCR
Knoxville, TN
"Ruby Sue"
1977 Royale
Rear Bath
403 Engine
American Eagle Wheels
Early Version Alex Sirum Quad bags
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