[Shop-talk] Jackstand PSA and request for trusted stand brand

[Benjamin Zwissler]

It would also be a good idea to report it to the Consumer Product
Safety Commission.   The top left corner of their website
(www.cpsc.gov) has an option to report an unsafe product which sends
you to www.saferproducts.gov.  I searched on jack stands and there
wasn't anything similar, but a case or two on jack failures.  If
there's a trend they can force a recall.  Consumer Reports also takes
action on this kind of thing.

Ben.....

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whenever I set a car on stands, I always do two things...
>
> 1. To set them, I lift the riser up and watch the handle rise and fall
> as the teeth pass.  Then I check the handles on the stands - if they
> aren't in the correct position, then the teeth aren't engaged
> properly.
>
> 2.  After the car is up, I give it a good hip check on all sides.  If
> I can't shake it loose, it ought to be OK.
>
> If I have the tires off, I often slide them under the car where they
> won't be in the way, but will keep it from going all the way down.
>
> I'd also be interested in any photos of the jack failure.
>
> Jeff Scarbrough
> Corrosion Acres, Ga.
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> wrote:
>> On Mar 3, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Scott wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The stand let loose where the 'tooth' grabs the stand 'arm'. Whatever held
>> the 'tooth' in place, it quit doing it.
>>
>> Yowza. Did the metal fail, or was the tooth not engaged enough? I've had mine
>> occasionally stick in the position where the grabber is on top of a tooth
>> instead of securely in the valley between teeth. If I hadn't checked it would
>> have felt fine until it collapsed.
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