Floor Jack Drops On Its Own
01-03-2007, 09:37 PM
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Safety Car
Sears hasn't been the same since KMart bought them. They accused me of being a contractor and therefore voiding my warentee (and I've been buying Craftsman tool since 1973). Home Depo no better, they refered me to Husky's website for warentee. And I'd never buy anything I was going to get under from Horrible Freight.
01-03-2007, 09:45 PM
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I think there's a message above that if your jack is slipping, don't use it. Instead of slippling, it could suddenly just transition to collapsing.
.....I hate to be a stuck record, if anyone has read my previous "jack" posts. Threre's another important jack performance feature to be concerned about. How controllable is it? My steel Craftsman floor jacks allow me to drop and raise loads by probably 1/16 inch increments. This is extremely important when instaliing the rear end differential and the transmission. I have an aluminum Craftsman floor jack, and although it was expensive and it's very light, it doesn't have the controllability. When I try to get a tiny drop on this jack, it just seems to collapse in a big increment.
As for jacking controllability, I iike the story I was told about qualifying for the job of operating the crane that hoists the Space Shuttle from a horizontal position to a vertical mounting position the main tank. An egg is placed on the floor. The crane operator has to drop the attaching hook down and touch the egg without breaking it. So basically, if you've got a hydraulic mechanism that can lift a lot of weight, for it to be useful you have to be able to control it in very small dimensional increments.
.....I hate to be a stuck record, if anyone has read my previous "jack" posts. Threre's another important jack performance feature to be concerned about. How controllable is it? My steel Craftsman floor jacks allow me to drop and raise loads by probably 1/16 inch increments. This is extremely important when instaliing the rear end differential and the transmission. I have an aluminum Craftsman floor jack, and although it was expensive and it's very light, it doesn't have the controllability. When I try to get a tiny drop on this jack, it just seems to collapse in a big increment.
As for jacking controllability, I iike the story I was told about qualifying for the job of operating the crane that hoists the Space Shuttle from a horizontal position to a vertical mounting position the main tank. An egg is placed on the floor. The crane operator has to drop the attaching hook down and touch the egg without breaking it. So basically, if you've got a hydraulic mechanism that can lift a lot of weight, for it to be useful you have to be able to control it in very small dimensional increments.
01-03-2007, 09:48 PM
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Mark
01-03-2007, 10:20 PM
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Drifting
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General consensus seems to be the Sears jacks are not so good and I'm better off buying a decent jack with good control features. I never liked the way the Sears unit comes down...kind of jerky and not as smooth as I would have hoped. Time to shop!
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01-04-2007, 03:29 AM
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ok, there is a lot of bashing here. so who can tell me a good jack to purchase. I'm about to lower my C6 about an inch and want something i can lift her about 2'
Sorry, just noticed I'm on the C3 forum, but I think the info still applies....
Sorry, just noticed I'm on the C3 forum, but I think the info still applies....
01-04-2007, 09:11 AM
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01-04-2007, 06:08 PM
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[QUOTE=parkerracing;1558364621]Sears hasn't been the same since KMart bought them. /QUOTE]
...ahaa. That explains it. The local Sears store that I've gone to for tools, etc, has really gone down hill over the last year.
...ahaa. That explains it. The local Sears store that I've gone to for tools, etc, has really gone down hill over the last year.
01-04-2007, 08:31 PM
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steve
do you have a SAMs card? they had a nice michelin brand jack and stands a while back.
we were talking about it here on the forum a couple of months ago.
i paid $80 including tax and the jack stands are 24" if i remember right.
you are welcome to come by saturday and check it out if you want
and if you dont have a Sams card i can ride up with you and get you through the door to look around.
do you have a SAMs card? they had a nice michelin brand jack and stands a while back.
we were talking about it here on the forum a couple of months ago.
i paid $80 including tax and the jack stands are 24" if i remember right.
you are welcome to come by saturday and check it out if you want
and if you dont have a Sams card i can ride up with you and get you through the door to look around.
01-05-2007, 08:56 AM
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Drifting
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steve
do you have a SAMs card? they had a nice michelin brand jack and stands a while back.
we were talking about it here on the forum a couple of months ago.
i paid $80 including tax and the jack stands are 24" if i remember right.
you are welcome to come by saturday and check it out if you want
and if you dont have a Sams card i can ride up with you and get you through the door to look around.
do you have a SAMs card? they had a nice michelin brand jack and stands a while back.
we were talking about it here on the forum a couple of months ago.
i paid $80 including tax and the jack stands are 24" if i remember right.
you are welcome to come by saturday and check it out if you want
and if you dont have a Sams card i can ride up with you and get you through the door to look around.
