broken jack repair

When the tire blew it took off the motor to run the rear jacks. It left most of the gearbox. When we found out it would be $500 plus shipping for a new motor, the light went on in my little brain.

I cut off what was left of the shaft coming out of the motor and went to Lowes and bought a 1/2 bolt whos head fit the handle I use for the other jacks. I found a place in town to weld it..actually the Harley dealer. I called and talked to the owner and he said bring in and he would look at it.  He did a great job tig welding the two pieces and only charged me $15, which I thought was great as he was busy as all get out, it being Saturday.

 

Now I can crank the jacks up and down manually.

Jim