Found some relatively cheap shaft clamps on Mcmastercarr. They were about $10 a piece. I did have to drill and tap for the stud, but when you work in a machine shop that's not a problem.


IMG_0120 by cnckart, on Flickr


I am using an eye nut to run a cable lock through. The hi lift won't be mounted permanantly, so this should work well to keep it in place in parking lots in Moab and such.



IMG_0121 by cnckart, on Flickr



IMG_0125 by cnckart, on Flickr


So for a $20 investment and a little bit of time I'm happy about this.Now I just need to do the electrical tape trick on the jack to silence those rattles.

We need to have an electrical tape night. I took mine off when I was servicing my jack and forgot to add it again. Between the squeaking shocks and jack rattle I sound like I'm in a Heep (lol)

Looks nice Brad, better than my chain-link fence parts.

Thanks Brett! Nothing wrong with yours it works fine. We do need to do a wrench/tape night. I still have that skid for you, and we should do something about your squeaks, Your going to give the FJ a bad name!

I contacted Kurt from here (cruiser outfitters) and we're going to set up a time to look at those babies next time I can get down to Sandy at Cruiser Outfitters.
He said there are a couple of things that might cause rubbing, but none of them are common. I'm praying I haven't bent anything down there, I don't feel like I'm THAT hard on my truck.

p.s. I haven't tried it or anything but anybody looking to do this mod should probably not google "shaft clamps" just go to McMaster Carr directly. lol

I'm doing the rattle, too. Brad has a fix.... I just need to figure out a good time to fix it. Let's get a wrench night scheduled!

I'm totally down for a wrench night. I still need to do my scuba mod.

Brad I like this a lot. Can you tell me where you got those is that off the Internet?

Here is a link Greg. I can drill and tap them if you want.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#shaft-collars/=8oqqm5

Nice blue Ford in the garage there, Brad!