Brief Description: Made Adapter to Jack Up Aircraft
I wanted to make it easy to jack up the airplane. I bought a ¾” steel pipe nipple, 12 inches long. The outside diameter was 1.06”, just slightly too large to fit into inside the Highlander axel. I took it to work and used a lathe to turn it down to .90”. Basically it removed enough material to make the threads almost disappear. Now it fits snuggly inside the axel with enough protruding to get a floor jack under it.
I think there is enough material left on the pipe to support the aircraft without deforming. If this doesn ’t work, I’ll buy a 12” section of 1” solid round stock and do the same thing.
