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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by robengland</i> <br /><br />These cheap jacks are not made to be disassembled. If I were to make something longer I'd go with the Waldovia approach and make one from scratch[/quote] <br />Something I hadn't realised (and the reason I ended up having two sets of scissor arms) was that scissor jacks have their arms 'spliced' top and bottom in a cog/tooth arrangement. This is what stops the jack from collapsing lengthways. <br /> <br />If you wanted to make them longer you would have to cut the arms in half and insert an extension piece in the middle. Replacing the whole arm wouldn't work. <br />Oh yes, you'd also need a longer length of threaded bar and that used on the jacks is probably unique to them. <br />You're right, you'd need to start from scratch as you would be replacing almost all of it..
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