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| Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea. 
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				Wasn't there at one time a jack donut?
			 
			A hockey puck thingy that you placed on the floor jack pad or cradle itself that kept metal from hitting metal? The one I remember had a hole in the middle. I'm not talking about the saddle you put on your jack in place of the stock one. You can't take the pad off a race type jack. But, that's not the point either. I want a polyurethane donut to go on the saddle and keep it off the jack post. I don't see one anywhere. It's not in the Pelican catalog at this time. I do see the non holed ones. The issue here is height. If you can't place the thing over the jack post, you can't slide a jack under there. | ||
|  08-15-2013, 11:12 AM | 
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			I bought as you suggested a hockey puck and drilled a 20mm hole in it with a hole saw.  Cheap, easy and works a treat.
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|  08-15-2013, 11:24 AM | 
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| Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea. 
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			Cool, didn't think of that.  But, today's crop of poly pads are expensive! I thought these things were like 10 bucks. What's out there? | ||
|  08-15-2013, 11:57 AM | 
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| Registered Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cape Vincent, NY 
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			You could get a poly body bushing for a car or truck and use that.  Some old chevy bushings are 3 or more inches diameter.
		 
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|  08-16-2013, 04:28 AM | 
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			Yep, I bought some hockey pucks awhile back at Play-It-Again Sports for a few bucks each - works like a champ    
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|  08-16-2013, 04:56 AM | 
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			I cut three to four appropriately sized squares from an old inner tube and hold them to the jack w/ a couple of wire ties.
		 
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			What about the material a kitchen chopping block is made from?  The white plastic/nylon type, whatever that is.  Get a suitably thick chopping block and attack it with a hole saw, then quickly hide the evidence from she who must be obeyed.
		 
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|  08-16-2013, 10:56 PM | 
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| Registered Join Date: May 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon 
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			I just use a hockey puck. You can pick them up used for $1-2 and fit great in the saddle of a floor jack.
		 
				__________________ Harry 1970 VW Sunroof Bus - "The Magic Bus" 1971 Jaguar XKE 2+2 V12 Coupe - {insert name here} 1973.5 911T Targa - "Smokey" 2020 MB E350 4Matic | ||
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