HF motorcycle jack
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The HF jack will require one wheel removal at a time, and blocking up the other wheel to prevent the jack from tipping.
Knowing, and working within those limits, the HF jack works for many people.
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Hey Scooby 1426
I have the heavy steel one but then I do all my own wrenching. But if all you want it for is to keep the bike upright and level to check fluids and stuff (without having to have someone else there to straddle and hold it upright) you may just what to get one of these
https://www.harborfreight.com/1800-l...ock-61670.html from Harbor Freight. and pick up a couple of cheap ratchet straps to make sure it is perfectly level.
I have the heavy steel one but then I do all my own wrenching. But if all you want it for is to keep the bike upright and level to check fluids and stuff (without having to have someone else there to straddle and hold it upright) you may just what to get one of these
https://www.harborfreight.com/1800-l...ock-61670.html from Harbor Freight. and pick up a couple of cheap ratchet straps to make sure it is perfectly level.
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Yep got my sears yellow Jack for $50 on the after Christmas returns table, Idiot put it together stacked a couple washers on one of the casters and it didnt sit right, 5 minutes later its been doing fine since the 90s 😁
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From: Central Iowa
I have the steel version, my random comments in no particular order:
It's lowered height is lower than the aluminum version which makes it easier to get under low bikes.
It's not super stable while raising or lowering so I always lower it onto the safety stops before working on the bike then it's very stable.
The rubber pads are glued on with shitty glue and mine failed. I still need to come up with a good way to attach them.
It easily picks up both front and rear wheels simultaneously but obviously it has to be located at the balance point to do so.
In summary it works fine, especially for the cost.
It's lowered height is lower than the aluminum version which makes it easier to get under low bikes.
It's not super stable while raising or lowering so I always lower it onto the safety stops before working on the bike then it's very stable.
The rubber pads are glued on with shitty glue and mine failed. I still need to come up with a good way to attach them.
It easily picks up both front and rear wheels simultaneously but obviously it has to be located at the balance point to do so.
In summary it works fine, especially for the cost.
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jack
It works well, but one issue is, when fully lowered, the back of the flat part that your bike sits on isnt completely flat. So I have to put my front tire on a 3/4" piece of plywood in order to be able to get it under my bike. Others I've seen go down completely and dont have this issue.
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I have the steel version. Has worked very well so far, but I think I have used it less than a dozen times. I had the aluminum one for a day. I realized it had no place to attach straps, so I swapped it out for the cheaper steel version. The straps give me peace of mind that I can't tip the bike off the jack while working.
I don't use a jack for oil changes usually. Yesterday I had a bike on the jack to put tires on it and I did change the oil while it was up in the air, but I would not put the bike on the jack just to change the oil.
I have done a set of tires on both of my bikes and now a set on another person's bike with my HF jack so far though. Her Sportster was low enough that I couldn't get it under there without putting the front tire on a block of wood first (has really short rear shocks). On my bikes, it has slide right under there, although when my Dyna got a flat rear tire, I had to use a block of wood to get some height first. Normally that is not needed.
