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G'day!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Posts: 47,121
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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
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.
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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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