[Shop-talk] air/hydraulic floor jack

[Bob Spidell]

It's possible; for my Healeys, I put the QJ rubber blocks under the 
chassis, then lower the rear springs and front A-arms on jackstands (but 
only to get the axles back to ride-height, and I leave the QJ there for 
safety). On my Mustang, I put the blocks under the seam welds. You have 
the same problem with a floor jack, which moves as you lower it, but 
it's not as pronounced.



On 1/30/2021 8:29 PM, Steven Trovato wrote:
> It is possible to use it to put the car on jack stands? Everything I 
> see shows the car lifted and then it stays on the quickjacks for the 
> duration of the work.  It looks like they make the appropriate jack 
> stand spots inaccessible.  I guess it depends on the vehicle.
>
>
> At 10:57 PM 1/30/2021, Bob Spidell wrote:
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>> I have one of the 5,000lb models (Costco had them on sale for less 
>> than $1K a while back). They work as advertised, but there's one 
>> quirk: since they're parallelogram-shaped, the platform moves forward 
>> as they're lowered. This makes it a bit tricky to place jackstands as 
>> the car moves forward as it's lowered.
>>
>> Maybe they should call them "QuirkJack?"
>>
>>
>> On 1/30/2021 7:14 PM, Steven Trovato wrote:
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> Yes, I was thinking the same thing.  There should be some sort of 
>>> electric alternative, perhaps using one of the common battery packs 
>>> like Milwaukee.  But as you found, apparently no such thing exists 
>>> yet.  As for the Quickjack, those are definitely clever.  One 
>>> concern is the way they describe the sizing based on the kind of 
>>> car.  I wonder if there is a model that can handle both a small car 
>>> like a Miata and a large SUV.  I am not buying a selection of these 
>>> things!  Also, I can currently lift a project car for long term work 
>>> and then jack up another car for an oil change or brake job. I guess 
>>> I would still need a jack and stands for that scenario. They do look 
>>> nice, though, and they would probably be very useful for most 
>>> situations.
>>>
>>> -Steve T.
>>>
>>> At 09:24 PM 1/30/2021, Jim Franklin wrote:
>>>> This got me thinking, that with the current battery and motor tech, 
>>>> there should be electric assist ones. Pneumatics seem to be fading 
>>>> away. I did find a bunch of crap, mostly for roadside emergencies 
>>>> that wouldn't fit under sports cars. Sadly nothing approaching the 
>>>> version in my head.
>>>>
>>>> But you asked for clever:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.quickjack.com/ <https://www.quickjack.com/>
>>>>
>>>> jim
>>
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