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> Recommendations for a floor jack?, My Sears "Professional" PoS is puking fluid
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post Jun 23 2012, 09:52 PM
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I've got a Sears Craftsman "4 Ton Low Profile Service Jack" that after very limited use over the past several years will now "Professionally" dump hydraulic fluid all over the concrete. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

Checking their website for an image (link), I now see review after review about it doing this to countless other suckers customers. So alright, they got me - no receipt, bought it back in 2007 or 2008 so if they're screwing people with receipts from 366 days ago, I'm done.

My question is, what should I have bought? What will provide years of lifting and lowering, and scoot under my p-cars, without drama or hassle?

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post Jun 23 2012, 09:59 PM
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I effin hate that! My 30 yr old floor jack started doing that. I went to Advanced Auto and bought some low buck jack that would not hold the twist handle lock over night. Come in the garage in the morning and the car would be on the ground. Brought it back. Picked up a nice high lift low profile jack from HF. Works nice.
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post Jun 23 2012, 10:01 PM
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Believe it or not, the little Harbor Freight low profile aluminum jack is great. . it's on sale for $59 . . best part is it is so low it will go under a 914 with ease and still lift about 16 inches. .

This coupon says $69. but it is in todays Sunday San Diego newspaper flyer for $59.oo
http://widgets.harborfreight.com/wswidgets...mp;keycode=1004
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post Jun 23 2012, 11:48 PM
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HF 3 ton red garage jack. 5 yEars and going strong.
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post Jun 24 2012, 12:02 AM
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I have a old 3-ton Astroline jack, been working great for over 30 years (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

Have you thought about taking your 'Craftsman' jack apart and replacing the seals?


I also carry one of those cheap lightweight HF ones in the trunk of my car ... I think I bought it in '07 or '08 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Jun 24 2012, 12:10 AM
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A friend of mine mentioned this one is on sale at HF,, it's a good medium duty jack for the $$. This model has 2 pistons.

http://widgets.harborfreight.com/wswidgets...mp;keycode=1004
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post Jun 24 2012, 12:45 AM
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Thanks for all the feedback guys - I'll keep watching, I'd never even heard of Astroline but there's all kinds of stuff when you plug it into Google.

QUOTE(euro911 @ Jun 23 2012, 10:02 PM) *

Have you thought about taking your 'Craftsman' jack apart and replacing the seals?

I did think of that, briefly - there is a parts & service number (888-448-6746), open Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM Pacific. Not exactly the project I wanted to be focusing on, but I do hate to think that that 80-90 pound hunk of metal is just scrap...

Just for a point of reference, somewhere lost in storage is my small black Sears 2+ ton floor jack that I used plenty for six years at home and at DE days, prior to 2005. Never a bit of trouble from it.
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post Jun 24 2012, 04:08 AM
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I think the Sears FJ only has a 1 Year Warranty. I've gone through a couple of them.
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post Jun 24 2012, 06:07 AM
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+1 for the harbor freight steel low profile floor jack. I have 2 and have used them for 3 years lifting the 914 and my pickup truck. I even left onr of them holding my engine for a week ( with a jack stand as backup) and it didn't move.

Fyi -- The 20 percent off coupons at hf don't work on floor jacks.
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post Jun 24 2012, 07:25 AM
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QUOTE(toolguy @ Jun 24 2012, 12:01 AM) *

Believe it or not, the little Harbor Freight low profile aluminum jack is great. . it's on sale for $59 . . best part is it is so low it will go under a 914 with ease and still lift about 16 inches. .


You must be having better luck than I did. At about 8 months the universal joint between the handle and valve broke - cheap casting. Jack was probably used 3-5 times a month (no, not all 914 work!). Of course the warranty is only 90 days and parts aren't available. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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post Jun 24 2012, 11:40 AM
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Since it is a craftsman "manual tool" (not electric) why doesn't the lifetime warranty apply? Is it not considered a "hand tool"?

I also have the HF jack, but do not store it vertically.
My brother & I have the exact same jack.
He stored it vertically on his trailer to the races, and now it hardly works. You have to pump it over & over when it used to lift the car in about three pumps.

And look out! There are some jacks where the handle will fly back up and smack into the car if you try to leave it down under load.

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post Jun 24 2012, 12:11 PM
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Floor Jack is not a Hand Tool - Craftsman has been trying to figure out how to get out of their warranties
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post Jun 24 2012, 12:56 PM
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Floor jacks are a crap shoot these days.

Luck plays a big part in how long it will last.
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post Jun 24 2012, 03:55 PM
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7 or 8 years of abuse and my HF aluminum jack is still going strong. I just got the email on the little 1.5 ton jack and added it to my HF shopping list.
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post Jun 24 2012, 05:45 PM
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Recommendations for a floor jack?


A two-post lift (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Except when I really have to use one I'm done with floor jacks and stands.
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post Jun 24 2012, 06:06 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Jun 24 2012, 03:45 PM) *

A two-post lift (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Except when I really have to use one I'm done with floor jacks and stands.

If I ever get the cash to have the rest of the ground level excavated another 18" and a slab poured, it's a no brainer. Right now there's just a single garage space, not enough room to the sides... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jun 25 2012, 08:22 PM
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Who knows anything about rebuilding these jacks or at least replacing leaky seals? I have a lightweight aluminum low profile, quick lift jack I bought at Sam's a few years back (Raceline?). Have LOVED it because it's light and the handle is modular. Had always worked great until I went to use it one day and it had taken a leak on the floor.

It just seams if maybe the seal(s) could be replaced (and I have been told they are O-rings), the otherwise good tool wouldn't have to be chunked.
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post Jun 25 2012, 10:31 PM
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For repairs and parts in the Los Angeles area you might try -
LAZZAR'S FLOOR JACK & HYDRAULIC CYLINDER REPAIR CENTER -
Ph # 562-596-5477
Email: marc@hcrcnow.com or click HERE for the web site

They carry seal kits for Astroline and Sears (Craftsman) jacks and many others ... didn't see 'Raceline' though


For seals & parts in the Midwest and Eastern USA try -
BLACKHAWKPARTS.COM, 910-C Creekside Road, Chattanooga TN 37406 USA, Phone (423)622-8282 Fax (423)629-0125
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post Jun 26 2012, 05:13 AM
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post Jun 26 2012, 08:30 AM
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I bought the Costco jack for $100 and have liked it
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