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.
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.
Now my floor jack slides along better than new, the original wheels were real sloppy.