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hard way · 03-27-2004, 12:18 PM

i need a little help with my floor jack
it seemed to me that it could lift higher then it did, so i unwittingly unscrewed a cap scew, because it was the easyest thing to reach.( bad idea) so now that i have flushed my eyes and rinced out my mouth...i am wondering why it won't work. i filled the ram up properly but it seems to need bleeding won't go up.
can anyone help

rockr · 03-27-2004, 07:30 PM

bigredblzr · 03-27-2004, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rockr

You are?!

If you're gonna respond pointlessly to all the newbie threads (or at least the two that I have read

) then don't respond. "The newbie-friendly forum to ask those "dumb newbie" questions without fear of flaming."

Sorry hard way, can't help you. Best of luck though!

animator · 03-27-2004, 08:03 PM

Did your jack come with any instructions as far as the bleeding process goes? My manual said specifically to not loosen that screw too much, otherwise fluid loss could occur. It also mentions how to best bleed the system if that should occur, or if when replacing the fluid.

Now of course it figures that I don't have my manual anywhere handy, so I can't go look that up...

Getsome · 03-27-2004, 08:44 PM

I'm wondering about this also because my HF floorjack sometimes doesn't continue to go up. Pull the handle and nothing happens. I just use my other one but if there is a way to flush it out and bleed it I'd like to know.

JeepinDoug · 03-27-2004, 10:47 PM

I've had mine for so many years I wouldn't have the slightest idea where the instructions would be.
With the prices of floor jacks now a days I'd just go buy a new one at Cosco or something.
I know, no help, but I've never had mine apart.

rockr · 03-28-2004, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigredblzr

You are?! If you're gonna respond pointlessly to all the newbie threads (or at least the two that I have read) then don't respond. "The newbie-friendly forum to ask those "dumb newbie" questions without fear of flaming."

Sorry hard way, can't help you. Best of luck though!

sw99 · 03-28-2004, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by JeepinDoug
I've had mine for so many years I wouldn't have the slightest idea where the instructions would be.
With the prices of floor jacks now a days I'd just go buy a new one at Cosco or something.
I know, no help, but I've never had mine apart.

They are coming down in price quite a bit. I am on my second Cosco bought floor jack and it too is beginning to take a crap. Maybe I just have shitty luck with the floor jacks.

FordCarnage · 03-28-2004, 12:18 PM

do you need to pump it excessive times to get it to go up or is it just not going up at all? sounds like you f*cked the thing up good and should just buy another one. i have several floor jacks that are all pretty damn old and have never had to bleed a single one of them.

bigredblzr · 03-28-2004, 01:59 PM

How much are the Costco ones? I bought a goodsized floorjack from Napa and it seems really durable. It was only like $60 which seems cheap to me, though I have never really shopped around for a floorjack. It is a Performance Tool brand, which is nothing to brag about, but I mostly have PTs and they all (except the ratchets) seem just as good as Craftsman.

03-27-2004, 12:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
hard way Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Member # 28698 Location: Nelson B.C. Posts: 23	floor jack problem i need a little help with my floor jack it seemed to me that it could lift higher then it did, so i unwittingly unscrewed a cap scew, because it was the easyest thing to reach.( bad idea) so now that i have flushed my eyes and rinced out my mouth...i am wondering why it won't work. i filled the ram up properly but it seems to need bleeding won't go up. can anyone help

03-27-2004, 08:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
animator Rapey Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13701 Location: Plano/Dallas Posts: 4,051	Did your jack come with any instructions as far as the bleeding process goes? My manual said specifically to not loosen that screw too much, otherwise fluid loss could occur. It also mentions how to best bleed the system if that should occur, or if when replacing the fluid. Now of course it figures that I don't have my manual anywhere handy, so I can't go look that up... __________________ Think you're a marksman? Test your skills by joining the 200yd Iron Sight Challenge happening NOW in the OSR Forum: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/outdo...-may-31-a.html

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Getsome Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Member # 10854 Location: Aurora,Co Posts: 104	I'm wondering about this also because my HF floorjack sometimes doesn't continue to go up. Pull the handle and nothing happens. I just use my other one but if there is a way to flush it out and bleed it I'd like to know. __________________ A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him." - Sir Winston S. Churchill, 1952

03-27-2004, 10:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
JeepinDoug Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Member # 13028 Location: So.S.F., CA Posts: 3,124	I've had mine for so many years I wouldn't have the slightest idea where the instructions would be. With the prices of floor jacks now a days I'd just go buy a new one at Cosco or something. I know, no help, but I've never had mine apart. __________________ I may lack much in way of integrety but I make up for it with pure denial. [URL=http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377480][B][COLOR="Red"]Malvado Grande #1[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

03-28-2004, 01:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
bigredblzr Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Member # 19443 Location: NORCAL! Posts: 333	How much are the Costco ones? I bought a goodsized floorjack from Napa and it seems really durable. It was only like $60 which seems cheap to me, though I have never really shopped around for a floorjack. It is a Performance Tool brand, which is nothing to brag about, but I mostly have PTs and they all (except the ratchets) seem just as good as Craftsman. __________________ bigredblazer@gmail.com <><

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FordCarnage Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Member # 22955 Location: No where cool, but at least it's not LA Posts: 373	do you need to pump it excessive times to get it to go up or is it just not going up at all? sounds like you f*cked the thing up good and should just buy another one. i have several floor jacks that are all pretty damn old and have never had to bleed a single one of them.

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