USA Floor Jack

[NibbanaBanana]

My USA made Craftsman 50 year old floor jack is starting to fail. Load gradually sinks. I would like to attempt a repair but am wary due to past experience. Tried to repair a friends but found it impossible to get apart. All the seals are probably available but I'm not sure how difficult it will be to match them up and I'm pretty busy right now. Don't see a lot of time freeing up in the future either. And I have a car that needs service.

Looks like some decent ones at NAPA around $300-$400. Snap-On is over $1000 and would break the budget. Any USA made floor jacks at a reasonable price available?

Thanks.
Nibbana

 

[Rand]

Are the snap-on and Napa even made in the USA?
I'd get a harbor freight Daytona jack.

 

[supton]

I know you want US made but the HF aluminum 1.5T jack can be ridiculously easy to lug around and useful in odd places. I sometimes keep it in the trunk of my car. Maybe that could get you by until you can fix your old jack or source a new(er) one?

 

[oldcodger]

I was in your place a few years ago. I really wanted a USA jack but just could not locate one. Finally just went with Harbor Freight 2.5 ton aluminum. It has been perfect for me.

 

[D60]

The Lazar hydraulic place (search) is absurdly helpful. But I hear you on time -- I have an OTC transmission jack that continues to leak all over my shop floor for exactly the same reason. I need to tear it down, verify seal style, then order parts. No time

edit: I too would get a Daytona. The value is just so great relative to price, availability, convenience etc. Are you ok with Danish? The DKs are absurdly impressive

 

[doitmyself]

The GarageJournal forum is a good place to go OCD on floor jack research. Hein Werner was the last affordable U.S. made jack but they have been taken over by Shinn Fu, the labels now say "assembled in USA, and availability is getting worse, with rumors that they are being discontinued.

Here's a good GarageJournal thread to whet your appetite:https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/daytona-super-duty-jack-knockoff-at-menards.458826/ BUT, IT IS 5 YEARS OLD.

The gist of the above thread is that the Harbor Freight Daytona Jack and Menards Masterforce/Yellow Jacket Super Duty floor jacks are built in the same Chinese factory but the Menards/Yellow Jacket Super Duty versions have better internal seals.

Again, the link is five years old and one needs to verify if the internal seal claim is still relevant.

The Menards Masterforce 3 ton is on sale at $249 now:https://www.menards.com/main/tools/...1pZSjdAGL9GSuVTLhunx-Q2cPgA8CaJjGn0r5NspKEL_-

 

[pudge]

my local tire shop uses harbor freight Daytona floor jacks, used to use napa but said they were lucky to get 6 months out of them

 

[Arc]

Just replace the oil and put in new seals. It will be good for another 50 years.

 

[walterjay]

My tire shop has various HF Daytona jacks that are used heavily. They appear to be robust and capable.

 

[BHopkins]

This kind of makes me pine for the Sears and Roebuck of days long gone, when you could go to the Parts department, give them the model # off of that jack, and they would look it up in the catalog, or on a microfiche, go to the back of the warehouse and find you a rebuild kit.

 

[NibbanaBanana]

Are the snap-on and Napa even made in the USA?
I'd get a harbor freight Daytona jack.

Website says manufactured in Alabama.

 

[NibbanaBanana]

my local tire shop uses harbor freight Daytona floor jacks, used to use napa but said they were lucky to get 6 months out of them

I've read some bad reviews on the NAPA site.

 

[xspeedy]

This kind of makes me pine for the Sears and Roebuck of days long gone, when you could go to the Parts department, give them the model # off of that jack, and they would look it up in the catalog, or on a microfiche, go to the back of the warehouse and find you a rebuild kit.

Seriously. I have an Arcan 2T aluminum jack I bought at Costco years ago and I’m trying to find a piston service kit for it. Everything I find is for a 3T. I guess I could take it apart and find some generic matching O rings at Home Depot.

 

[NibbanaBanana]

This kind of makes me pine for the Sears and Roebuck of days long gone, when you could go to the Parts department, give them the model # off of that jack, and they would look it up in the catalog, or on a microfiche, go to the back of the warehouse and find you a rebuild kit.

Yep. I remember those days well. Friend of mine had a seal leak in his Craftsman oxy/gas regulator. Called Sears, ordered the part and got it in a few days.

 

[NibbanaBanana]

Seriously. I have an Arcan 2T aluminum jack I bought at Costco years ago and I’m trying to find a piston service kit for it. Everything I find is for a 3T. I guess I could take it apart and find some generic matching O rings at Home Depot.

Might have square hydraulic seals. I'm sure you can get them but probably only at Grainger.

 

[D60]

Seriously. I have an Arcan 2T aluminum jack I bought at Costco years ago and I’m trying to find a piston service kit for it. Everything I find is for a 3T. I guess I could take it apart and find some generic matching O rings at Home Depot.

Tear it down, get dims and contact these guys. I bet they'll be very responsive and helpful
https://www.hcrcnow.com

 

[Fattylocks]

My USA made Craftsman 50 year old floor jack is starting to fail. Load gradually sinks. I would like to attempt a repair but am wary due to past experience. Tried to repair a friends but found it impossible to get apart. All the seals are probably available but I'm not sure how difficult it will be to match them up and I'm pretty busy right now. Don't see a lot of time freeing up in the future either. And I have a car that needs service.

Looks like some decent ones at NAPA around $300-$400. Snap-On is over $1000 and would break the budget. Any USA made floor jacks at a reasonable price available?

Thanks.
Nibbana

My vintage Craftsman bleeds down. Slow enough to easily get a jack stand in place.

 

[goblin]

The Project Farm channel on YT has a great vid on floor jacks.
Daytona remains the best bang for the buck in my book. I have an aluminum one - weighs less.
However, I don't think there's any US made reasonably priced floor jack, currently in production, new.
U.S. Jack, Norco, Hein Werner are supposedly US made but HW is $$$$

 

[NibbanaBanana]

My vintage Craftsman bleeds down. Slow enough to easily get a jack stand in place.

Mine's getting worse and worse. It's been leaking for years now and I lived with it no problem. But now it's getting annoying.

 

[pbm]

I know you want US made but the HF aluminum 1.5T jack can be ridiculously easy to lug around and useful in odd places. I sometimes keep it in the trunk of my car. Maybe that could get you by until you can fix your old jack or source a new(er) one?

My HF aluminum 1.5T jack is very convenient and easy to move around compared to my 3T steel jack however it isn't holding pressure anymore. It will jack the car up but slowly loses it. I still use it to lift so I can put my floor jacks under the car. I've tried replacing the o-ring and pumping to get the air out to no avail. Anybody have any tips on how I can fix it so it stays up?