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Offline rws

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Hydralic Floor Jack
« on: December 17, 2012, 08:07:30 PM »
Any one know where I can get a hydraulic floor jack fixed?  After having 20 cheap ones I finally buy a good one from NAPA ($400) and it did not last as long as the cheap ones.   There used to be a shop in Calgary that repaired them but....   The jack does not hold pressure and there is no rebuild kit available.

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Re: Hydralic Floor Jack
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2012, 08:15:07 PM »
what's the brand and have you gone to their web-page to find a local service rep or parts list?
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Re: Hydralic Floor Jack
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2012, 09:36:03 PM »
what's the brand and have you gone to their web-page to find a local service rep or parts list?
Yup, done that. The brand is NAPA and it was manufactured by NAPA LIFTING EQUIPMENT (read China).  There is no rebuild kit for it so what I need is a reputable hydraulic shop that deals with these tiny jobs as I don't want to spend a thousand hours on a ghetto fix that may or may not work.

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Re: Hydralic Floor Jack
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2012, 10:00:08 PM »
ABS Hydraulic Repair gets my vote they do all our rams at the shop.


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Re: Hydralic Floor Jack
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2012, 12:11:26 PM »
Red Dragon Hydralics. very good work. Im in the heavy equipment industry and have used them alot
Ive used others and have not been very happy at all.
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Re: Hydralic Floor Jack
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2012, 03:30:50 PM »
did you try and take the pump part apart you may just need to replace an "O" ring
I started out with nothing and so far I have most of it left

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Re: Hydralic Floor Jack
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2012, 08:18:42 AM »
What's it not doing  ?

They are not  at all complicated  , as already mentioned  it could be an easy tweak that may get it going again.  I bought  a good sized asian floor jack at least ten years ago , it has had issues that I was able to overcome  without difficulty.


On a similar topic ,  I have a very old hydraulic motorcycle lift bench , I think it was made overseas  , maybe not asia , possibly italy  . It's old and has been used commercially ,  About seven years ago I decided to restore it , repaint , rebuild the hydraulics , freshen it up , it leaked oil pretty bad . There are similar bike lifts still available , the units sold at pricess auto are an asian copy of the  lift I have .  I ordered a seal / overhaul kit to rebuild the hydraulics from one of my suppliers , after all it looked the same ???  .   I disassembled the entire lift , repainted all the pieces and started to rebuild the ram & foot pump mechanism only to find  that the main seal for the piston wasn't even close to what was needed !  My solution was to make a new piston , changing the design so that I could use the seal that was in the rebuild  kit , it worked well and is still in use with  no leaks . 

Try fixing it yourself  .

I've seen new hydraulic units that were low on oil right out of the box.
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