DIY transmission jack adaptor

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  1. oldnick

    oldnick Paid Member Paid Member

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    Evening all,
    I'm changing my Ford Kuga clutch next week, and thought I would spoil myself with a transmission jack.
    Now I've seen the prices :cry: I'm going to make one myself.
    So, I have a heavy trolley jack with a hole in the saddle, a length of rebar, and a welder.
    How wide should the claws be? How much curve?
    Cheers,
    Nick
     
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    You'll have to measure the gearbox and or make it adjustable?

    I found with the universal trans jacks used in workshops that the jaws weren't wide enough and too much of an angle to lift heavy 6 spd trans safely.
     
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    @GVK, don't spoil the dream with your inconvenient facts!
     
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    I've not done a gearbox on a Kuga tbh , but I think from memory its a Getrag 6 speed, those boxes are super heavy as used in Focus STs etc plus the extra 4wd gubbins.

    As above I would measure the box and make up an adaptor to suit.
     
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    Thankfully it's FWD, but it is 6 speed and looks heavier than the 020 that I did last time :(
     
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    Lucky for you its fwd. yeah it makes an 020 look tiny!!
     
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    You can get proper heavy duty engine/gearbox jacks for not much money nowadays, good if you do these jobs regularly, otherwise just flog it after you done ! Beauty with these is foot jacking mechanism which lets you keep both hands on the load !
     

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