Feel free to put your own cheap tricks here.
I'm what we call a tightarse here, I'd rather fix something than buy a new one. I've used this floorjack at work for many years, and serviced it every 6 months. To me a floorjack should just glide over floor, and be put into position with a flick of the wrist...it really winds me up when I have to drag them around. I was away for a couple of years, and came back to find my jack in a bit of a state...easy fixed, but the caster wheels were a real mess. The edges were nearly all chipped off, out of round and worn at an angle. I hated using it. The boss would probably say just buy a new one, but the rest is still pretty good.
I found some thick wall pipe the size I wanted and sliced off a couple of short lengths. I put the cast iron wheels in the lathe and trued them up a bit, so they were a tap fit into the pipe, then welded them in. Mild steel to cast iron with Co2, not what anyone choose to do, but sometimes needs must.
![](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/attachments/usergals/2017/08/full-1914-11141-2017_08_14_16.44.17.jpg)
![](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/attachments/usergals/2017/08/full-1914-11142-2017_08_07_16.36.43.jpg)
Now my floor jack slides along better than new, the original wheels were real sloppy.
I'm what we call a tightarse here, I'd rather fix something than buy a new one. I've used this floorjack at work for many years, and serviced it every 6 months. To me a floorjack should just glide over floor, and be put into position with a flick of the wrist...it really winds me up when I have to drag them around. I was away for a couple of years, and came back to find my jack in a bit of a state...easy fixed, but the caster wheels were a real mess. The edges were nearly all chipped off, out of round and worn at an angle. I hated using it. The boss would probably say just buy a new one, but the rest is still pretty good.
I found some thick wall pipe the size I wanted and sliced off a couple of short lengths. I put the cast iron wheels in the lathe and trued them up a bit, so they were a tap fit into the pipe, then welded them in. Mild steel to cast iron with Co2, not what anyone choose to do, but sometimes needs must.
![](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/attachments/usergals/2017/08/full-1914-11141-2017_08_14_16.44.17.jpg)
![](https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/attachments/usergals/2017/08/full-1914-11142-2017_08_07_16.36.43.jpg)
Now my floor jack slides along better than new, the original wheels were real sloppy.