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I am looking for a jack pad or anything else that you guys might recommend for jacking up the flat spring gear Cessnas. My plane is a Tailwheel if that changes anything. Let me know what ya got!

Chuck
I sandwich my gear leg (mine was round) between two short boards with a “C” clamp and used that to brace my Jack to lift the landing gear. (Used rags to protect the paint on the landing gear)

Worked well for many years for me Good luck

Bruce

As long as the other two wheels are firmly chocked to prevent movement - I used to carefully jack under the end of the axle with a cupped pad on a hydraulic jack and then lower/safety the plane down onto a cinder block and wood.

That is an interesting concept. I've never seen that before. (the jacking part, not the cradle part)

BTW: it looks like Top Gun is not using the correct method to repack that bearing.

I will take a photo of the two I have when I go to the airport today. One I purchased on eBay, the other was designed by my friends son just prior to him being killed by a drunk driver, I call it a Jamie Jack. Jamie’s Dad, my friend Daryl, still builds them for people.

You never slapped a bearing full of grease? You haven't lived

Well then, I've lived! A lot! But....there is a proper method to pack a bearing full of grease, and slapping it around on its end like that isn't the way.

You should hold the bearing on its side with one hand and scrape the grease off of your other hand into the bearing until it comes out of the top.

To be fair to Alex - I think he had just finished. My bearings were always FULL of fresh grease.

I've been slimed.

Here are photos of two jack pads I have, the first one, the one made from flat steel that has a pin on the bottom for the jack to lift on works very well. This one also works on most other flat spring steel geared aircraft, it is the one my friend’s son designed and is still made by my buddy. It has something very similar to thin cardboard for a pad for grip and anti-scratch. I have never had this one slip or cause any kind of scratching or damage.
If you want one I can ask him how much they cost.

The other one only works on a 150 with flat spring steel gear, it is made with a tapper sized specifically for these aircraft. I purchased it on eBay about 20 years ago, I have no idea where you would locate one today, but I am sure you could build one similar if you can’t locate one. I do like this one and it works very well. However it does have a drawback, on occasion it gets stuck on the gear and I have to use a hammer to dislodge it and even though I have a piece of felt between it and the landing gear, it has scratched. Maybe some deer skin would work better.

If I could only have one out of the two…….I would choose the one designed by my buddy’s son because it has never caused any damage or gotten stuck. And while it looks like it could slip, it never has.

I've gotten one from this company and have been happy with it.

https://www.planejack.com/







Doug