Hydraulic Floor Jack Won't Lift High Enough
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Hydraulic Floor Jack Won't Lift High Enough
Hello all, in advance thanks for your opinions, you've all helped me throughout the years here!
I've got this jack from O'Reilly within the past year and have had issues using it since new. If on flat ground it won't lift the car from the center jack point's high enough to support the vehicle on my jack stands.
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/a.../ford/explorer
I paid $100 for the jack in hopes of upping my at home maintenance game which it has, but I've had to do some jerry-rigging with pieces of assorted wood under the lift.
Is this safe? Is there a better way to raise the height? I can barely get it to above one click on my jack stands and these are your standard automotive jack stands. Does anyone any dimensions or depth of plywood I should be looking at?
I've got my bumper cover in great shape, I don't want to bend that plastic moulding underneath the bumper cover as well.
Respectfully,
A 05 Tl owner.
I've got this jack from O'Reilly within the past year and have had issues using it since new. If on flat ground it won't lift the car from the center jack point's high enough to support the vehicle on my jack stands.
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/a.../ford/explorer
I paid $100 for the jack in hopes of upping my at home maintenance game which it has, but I've had to do some jerry-rigging with pieces of assorted wood under the lift.
Is this safe? Is there a better way to raise the height? I can barely get it to above one click on my jack stands and these are your standard automotive jack stands. Does anyone any dimensions or depth of plywood I should be looking at?
I've got my bumper cover in great shape, I don't want to bend that plastic moulding underneath the bumper cover as well.
Respectfully,
A 05 Tl owner.
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You can also use a hockey puck to help it reach higher.
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Yeah other than putting a block of wood or something on it, no it's not going to go up any higher. Most 1.5 ton jacks don’t have that high of a range. So you’d have to keep doing what your doing with that jack or get a 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 ton jack for more height. From the jacks I’ve used, most 3 ton (or bigger) are too big to fit under the front of TL’s if your lowered at all. And aren’t necessary if your TL is all your using it for anyway. Adding a block of wood isn’t the most stable or safest thing. So if you are having to do that a lot I’d sell the jack you have and get a new jack with a higher lift range. $100-$150 is definitely worth it to not be stuck under a car
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Get a new jack, one that has at least 18" lift is safest bet.
A jack is used to do a chore, don't make the chore any harder than it needs to be
A jack is used to do a chore, don't make the chore any harder than it needs to be
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Wow, as of today, the Harbor Freight 3-ton low profile, rapid pump unit is only $86 shipped to my zip code. Pretty great reviews. I may grab that one now. I have a low profile jack from Menards which works fine, but it takes 12 pumps to lift the TL...
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-...ump-61253.html
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-...ump-61253.html
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Wow, as of today, the Harbor Freight 3-ton low profile, rapid pump unit is only $86 shipped to my zip code. Pretty great reviews. I may grab that one now. I have a low profile jack from Menards which works fine, but it takes 12 pumps to lift the TL...
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-...ump-61253.html
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-...ump-61253.html
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Funny story, I bought the first one to go along with my original 2 or 2.5 ton one...then, I accidentally messed up the purging of air on that 3 ton I had bought and thought I broke it. So I bought another before reading up on how to properly maintain it. Fixed that one and then had 3 functional jacks. I ended up leaving the smaller one to my neighbor when I got divorced.
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And don't forget: You can by a Harbor Freight gift card from one of the gift card resellers for an additional 10%-15% savings...
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Wow, as of today, the Harbor Freight 3-ton low profile, rapid pump unit is only $86 shipped to my zip code. Pretty great reviews. I may grab that one now. I have a low profile jack from Menards which works fine, but it takes 12 pumps to lift the TL...
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-...ump-61253.html
https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-...ump-61253.html
#29
why wouldn't you buy this from harbor freight with a 20% off coupon it will cost you same price...
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-ton-...ump-68056.html
I would say buy another one, 2 jacks always are more helpful especially if you want to lift the wheel to relieve some tension from the bushings etc....
I have been using the same exact one from HF for about 2 yrs now and it is absolutely an amazing product...
Sandan
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-ton-...ump-68056.html
I would say buy another one, 2 jacks always are more helpful especially if you want to lift the wheel to relieve some tension from the bushings etc....
I have been using the same exact one from HF for about 2 yrs now and it is absolutely an amazing product...
Sandan
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It's back on sale again.. I haven't followed this particular item, but I assume it's probably "on sale" every other week?
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I also have a cheapie auto zone one. I dont know how I got so far with that, but it doesnt lift the TL. It was enough for a small sports car like an rx7. I want to get an aluminum one for little stuff.
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Another +1 for this jack. Great price, low enough for most standard suspension sport cars, good strength and height. Only downside is it is heavy as f*ck. I have to carry it up a flight of stairs from the basement every time lol, its a good workout though.
I also have a cheapie auto zone one. I dont know how I got so far with that, but it doesnt lift the TL. It was enough for a small sports car like an rx7. I want to get an aluminum one for little stuff.
I also have a cheapie auto zone one. I dont know how I got so far with that, but it doesnt lift the TL. It was enough for a small sports car like an rx7. I want to get an aluminum one for little stuff.
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I knew it was only a matter of time before someone's mother got dragged into this discussion
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Just picked up a $200 HF giftcard for $160.60 (19.7% off). I'll be ready next time that jack goes on sale
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Damn, nice, man!
Funny but if you look at it like that, it's reverse loan sharking...they pay you 20% interest to have your money ahead of time in the hopes that a percentage of the population that buys the gift cards will forget to use them or lose them!
Funny but if you look at it like that, it's reverse loan sharking...they pay you 20% interest to have your money ahead of time in the hopes that a percentage of the population that buys the gift cards will forget to use them or lose them!
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Back on sale again for $80, coupon code: 14490390
Gift card balance : $0
Gift card balance : $0
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