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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
The casters on my Harbor Freight aluminum low profile floor jack have given up their balls. I've checked McMaster Carr for threaded stem casters and nothing is close to strong enough. Some guy on Amazon is selling bespoke floor jack casters for $50 a pair. I'm leery of putting $50 in this POS jack, afraid something else will go wrong soon. Thinking of starting over.

I have a big heavy steel floor jack, but this little lightweight jack is really handy at times.

Anyone have an aluminum low profile jack that they like and trust? Light weight is important to me.
Here's some existing threads on the subject, Patrick:

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1138178-aluminum-floor-jack-recommendation.html

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1074774-rubberising-floor-jack-wheels.html

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/369719-pos-craftsman-floor-jack.html

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/799357-floor-jacks.html

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/713790-anyone-using-hein-werner-floor-jack.html

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/709445-torin-jacks-do-they-suck-am-i-unlucky.html

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/586374-floor-jack.html

And there are more......

Good luck!
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