J&S bottle jack went bad
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J&S bottle jack went bad
Hi
First, I did a search and could not find any threads talking about replacement jacks, even tho I've seen some here. Sorry to ask again.
I bought my J&S jack in the summer of 2011. Today, I was going to let the bike down and the jack wouldn't do anything. What would be a good replacement?
It has to be American made and handle the weight of my 2016 ultra. I could go to harbor freight and get a jack, but i want American made
In less there is a better way. I plan to leave the bike in the air hoping the stops will hold it while i use cribbing blocks on the wheels
then take the bad jack out and first try to refill it. if not I'll put in the new one and let it down.
mike
First, I did a search and could not find any threads talking about replacement jacks, even tho I've seen some here. Sorry to ask again.
I bought my J&S jack in the summer of 2011. Today, I was going to let the bike down and the jack wouldn't do anything. What would be a good replacement?
It has to be American made and handle the weight of my 2016 ultra. I could go to harbor freight and get a jack, but i want American made
In less there is a better way. I plan to leave the bike in the air hoping the stops will hold it while i use cribbing blocks on the wheels
then take the bad jack out and first try to refill it. if not I'll put in the new one and let it down.
mike
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Googling it, it looked like common bolt pattern for some.
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Hi
First, I did a search and could not find any threads talking about replacement jacks, even tho I've seen some here. Sorry to ask again.
I bought my J&S jack in the summer of 2011. Today, I was going to let the bike down and the jack wouldn't do anything. What would be a good replacement?
It has to be American made and handle the weight of my 2016 ultra. I could go to harbor freight and get a jack, but i want American made
In less there is a better way. I plan to leave the bike in the air hoping the stops will hold it while i use cribbing blocks on the wheels
then take the bad jack out and first try to refill it. if not I'll put in the new one and let it down.
mike
First, I did a search and could not find any threads talking about replacement jacks, even tho I've seen some here. Sorry to ask again.
I bought my J&S jack in the summer of 2011. Today, I was going to let the bike down and the jack wouldn't do anything. What would be a good replacement?
It has to be American made and handle the weight of my 2016 ultra. I could go to harbor freight and get a jack, but i want American made
In less there is a better way. I plan to leave the bike in the air hoping the stops will hold it while i use cribbing blocks on the wheels
then take the bad jack out and first try to refill it. if not I'll put in the new one and let it down.
mike
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Is it leaking fluid? Mine was leaking out around the release valve. Pulled it off, dumped the old fluid and installed new o'rings. Refilled with fluid with stop leak in it. Been working ever since.
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Look at the last few posts.......converted to a compressed air bottle:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...hydraulic.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...hydraulic.html
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Drain it, check the spring & check ball new oil and try it, revived many of those import bottle jacks like that
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My original bottle jack started leaking too, so I thought I would give this stuff a try. It works.
https://barsleaks.com/product/jack-o...top-leak-hj12/
I got it on Amazon.
Another thing I learned about these bottle jacks is that when stored, leave the open/close valve open.
https://barsleaks.com/product/jack-o...top-leak-hj12/
I got it on Amazon.
Another thing I learned about these bottle jacks is that when stored, leave the open/close valve open.
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Look at the last few posts.......converted to a compressed air bottle:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...hydraulic.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...hydraulic.html
I've been lucky mine is 20 years old.
Myself id probably get one today from harbor freight, and put the other on work bench, where it would sit for 10 years. But having back up would be nice