Buy a new one there was only one guy in Ontario that fixed jacks he packed up shop a few years ago.
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Mad Mike
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I rebuilt my 2ton, and another in a motorcycle lift (same concept). I took them apart then took the seals to Cummins Hydraulics in Newmarket. They fixed me up with the seals and o-rings, if I recall $30 or less.
Not sure if I’d bother with a 1.5 ton, that’s a really small jack. You can buy a new 2ton off the jungle website for $60.
I’d go at least 3 ton for suv or pickup work. If you have a compressor, you can get a 5 ton airbag jack for $150. I’d like one of those, light, fast and easy.
Costco has a longer satisfaction guaranteed policy then the jungle monkeys.
I'll get one from Costco and take this busted one to the scrap.
I don't use jacks often enough to justify the airbag jack. Not for the cost, but for the unjustified need.
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Nice! My BT speaker from Costco just died after 5 years….should I bother trying to return it….
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I have a 30-year-old 3T jack from Canadian Tire that occasionally does that. No leaks that I noticed, so all I do is jack it up all the way to the top and keep pumping a bunch more times. This bleeds the air out of it and stops it from sinking under its own weight. The alternative air bleeding procedure I've seen is to open the oil fill or bleed screw if there is one and pump the handle until there are no more bubbles. If none of those simple procedures work, double check if it's low on oil since you mentioned the leaking. Lastly, if you have nothing to lose and decide to disassemble down tot he seals, take the old ones to D&D ( Google Maps ) - they've usually been able to match any o-ring I've brought in, but they've mostly been standard sizes. I know a lot of people claim the seals on these cheap jacks aren't standard, but if you think about it, nobody building these are going to custom manufacture a single (never mind set) of o-rings just so they can't be repaired.
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I think this is where the leak is coming from.
Looks like the oil has started to turn into grease.
I will attempt the extra pump or bleed method.
I agree that it would be strange to have some really unique sized seals in these. Why would any manufacturer want to do that when off the shelf stuff is much easier to get and most likely cheaper.
It may not be intentionally unique, it may just be using up oddball stuff. If you can get a container of seals that are a weird size (either intentionally or through a manufacturing screwup), it's easy enough to machine the parts to take them. As long as the parts fit together on day one, they are happy. Repairability or interchangeable parts don't matter.
Looks like the "retracting under its own weight" as a dumb oversight on my part. Just went out to test it and the release was a little loose.
Tightnened it back up and stood on the jack and it held me up.
I will do another test by trying to jack my car up and see if it will do it and how long it will hold it.
Tightnened it back up and stood on the jack and it held me up.
I will do another test by trying to jack my car up and see if it will do it and how long it will hold it.
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I’ve been working away at cleaning my ride and getting to know it better. Rear sprocket and chain looked decent, so I gave it a through clean and lube. The polished drive sprocket cover looked great but, wondered how the sprocket itself looked. I don’t know when the last time it was done but, man was it a mess! The sprocket is in good shape but, the caked grime was a chore to clean up.
So the chain maintenance job became a whole other job but, there is something satisfying about doing it.
Cleaners and brushes and exposing the surfaces to be free of crap that had accumulated over time.
I’m sure the ride is quicker now and didn’t need to add stickers to achieve it.
So the chain maintenance job became a whole other job but, there is something satisfying about doing it.
Cleaners and brushes and exposing the surfaces to be free of crap that had accumulated over time.
I’m sure the ride is quicker now and didn’t need to add stickers to achieve it.
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I’ve been working away at cleaning my ride and getting to know it better. Rear sprocket and chain looked decent, so I gave it a thorough clean and lube. The polished drive sprocket cover looked great but, wondered how the sprocket itself looked. I don’t know the last time it was done but, man was it a mess! The sprocket is in good shape but, the caked grime was a chore to clean up.
So the chain maintenance job became a whole other job but, there is something satisfying about doing it.
Cleaners and brushes and exposing the surfaces to be free of crap that had accumulated over time.
I’m sure the ride is quicker now and didn’t need to add stickers to achieve it.
So the chain maintenance job became a whole other job but, there is something satisfying about doing it.
Cleaners and brushes and exposing the surfaces to be free of crap that had accumulated over time.
I’m sure the ride is quicker now and didn’t need to add stickers to achieve it.
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