[Shop-talk] aluminum floor jack

[Steven Trovato]

There are a lot of people who would tell you that your older jack is 
well worth rebuilding.  Take a look at the link I posted 
earlier:  http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51105. 
That isn't going to make it any lower, though.

-Steve

At 10:05 PM 4/9/2011, Wayne wrote:
>On 4/9/2011 8:07 PM, David Scheidt wrote:
>>....... The reason it's eaten
>>the seal (whether it's an oring or a cup seal) is because the
>>machining sucks.   My experience with cheap chinese jacks is that it's
>>the main seal on the piston that fails.  It's bigger than what's in
>
>Would something like a brake cylinder hone clean it up well enough 
>to work for a while?
>
>I have a Sears 3 ton floor jack that is starting to fail after about 
>18 years.  Wish I knew more about fixing the things.  The jack 
>saddle on the thing is so dang high, it has trouble getting under 
>most new cars anyway.  But I worry a new low-profile one will just 
>expire quickly anyway.  Hmmm.