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NorthWestern.....
Lest you suffer through any more pages without pictures of the new bottle jack I received 4 months after placing my order....here it is...LOL
(FYI...the label says Blackhawk Automotive)
My J&S bottle jack never crapped out, but I replaced it years ago with an air/hydraulic jack.... I got tired of "pumping" with my foot and I have a compressor for my lift table...
The Paint Pirate......
If you drill new holes on the jack's base plate to better align the position of the bottle jack's piston you'll eliminate the "cockeyed" angle you have......but I'm sure you knew that.
.....and the guy in the video is NOT an idiot...lol....I tried the same experiment after I first got my J&S Jack....BUT ONLY ONCE. Yes it's secure but mounting it while raised up is a bit tricky and I personally will never do it again, there's no reason to. However, It does very easily roll around and it's very maneuverable, which is the sole reason I bought it.
The Paint Pirate......
If you drill new holes on the jack's base plate to better align the position of the bottle jack's piston you'll eliminate the "cockeyed" angle you have......but I'm sure you knew that.
Just like my wife says about me, it may not look that great but it works.
The Paint Pirate......
If you drill new holes on the jack's base plate to better align the position of the bottle jack's piston you'll eliminate the "cockeyed" angle you have......but I'm sure you knew that.
.....and the guy in the video is NOT an idiot...lol....I tried the same experiment after I first got my J&S Jack....BUT ONLY ONCE. Yes it's secure but mounting it while raised up is a bit tricky and I personally will never do it again, there's no reason to. However, It does very easily roll around and it's very maneuverable, which is the sole reason I bought it.
Um..... I'm not quite sure how admitting you did the same thing, somehow proves that the guy in the video isn't an idiot..... Just saying...
I tried it myself after seeing the live demonstration years ago at the Chicago Motorcycle Show of TWO large people sitting on it.....but when I tried it at home I only raised it enough to get the tires 1/2" off the ground. (I never said I was "smart" and I never did it again but it was very stable)
Since then, portions of my once level garage floor have begun to sink a bit, but even so, the jack works excellent...as I've repeated: Great product, poor customer service.
Didn't mean to resurrect this, but just a quick update. In my post #62 I ordered a replacement bottle as a just-in-case last week right after I talked to someone at J&S. Just got it today.
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