Craftsman got fired, now there is a Carquest one giving the workout. Nice quality still chinese. Hoping to get better mileage out of this, whats the best way to store this, with the valves opened, or closed, etc......Any tips?
So yes, the silly question of the day. THANKS.
I store them with the valve partially open. I don't know if it makes that much difference as long as there isn't any weight on them. It sucks that the seals can't be replaced in these far east jacks.
Seals don't cost that much, I take mine apart when it needs 'em. We have probably 5 or 6 floor jacks and we just keep rebuilding 'em. Last one I did was probably a year ago, didn't cost much.
I saw about a half dozen old jack in Napa and they said the jack have a lifetime warranty and the tire store next door brings back the duds all the time. That what they said you must varify that then that jack would be a good investment then.
Drain it, and refill with ATF. I did that with my cheapo walmart jack and it made the seals swell up and hold. I think i had to top it off one or two times right after i did that. Been using it ever since.
I store mine with the valve closed. I forget the brand of it, but we've had it for about 6-7 years now. 4 years ago the seal went out and it would leak pretty bad and would barely raise up 10 inches. We just kept adding fluid to it as needed and it eventually sealed itself up. Works just fine ever since then.
It was also used as a jackstand up until a year ago when I finally broke down and bought stands. I'd jack a vehicle up (ATV mostly) and leave it on the jack until I finished the job I was doing (sometimes days....weeks at a time for the ATV)...
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