I have an Arcan floor jack that I bought at an auction and is missing half of the two-piece handle. I've searched online for some place that sells floor jack parts but can't find any, nor can I find a site for Arcan itself. Any body got any ideas? Are jack handles universal, could I get a jack handle from say a Napa or Craftsman jack and use it? Yeah I know I could just get a piece of tubing and fab my own but I want the knurling!
When I needed a handle I went to Denio's Auction in Roseville. They were all over the place for under $10. Probably saw at least 4 or 5 when I went looking for one.
________ Hot_N_Sexy
Call around some body shop / garages.. They may have a jack with blown seals rusting out back.. I know at the shop I used to run we had a couple. Other than that, you could just get some pipe..
Thanks for the ideas guys. Wish we had Denio's down here. I grew up in Lodi and we'd drive up to hit that swap once in a while. Down here all the swaps are just full of mexican flags and mariachi music.
Knurling is nice. I had the exact same situation when my handle went missing. I had the metal shop teacher where I teach knurl a piece of pipe for me. It works real nice. So I guess you could take a piece of pipe to your local high school or tech school and get it knurled for free. It is one of the few metal working operations that they still do at my school after having gotten rid of the machines in favor of IBM's with plotters.
I have an Arcan floor jack that I bought at an auction and is...
SNIP!
...could just get a piece of tubing and fab my own but I want the knurling!
Dusty
Dusty, I used to aggree with you about teh knurling, but after working at the bodyshop where I am now, I have realized that knurling doesn't help that much when wearing rubber gloves...what we have is Matco jacks with the top six inches slightly padded than wrapped with cloth tape(like duct tape but cloth and coloured..like that black-green gaffers tape) it's really grippy and works great! even when greasy..and if you need to change it just remove and redo for fifteen cents!!
Paul
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