Someones bike fell
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Someones bike fell
Went to Harbor Fright today to get some metric allens so I could work on my Jeep. There was a fairly new motorcycle jack at the end of the check out (on the floor) and the sales clerk said some guy brought it back after his Harley fell off of it when the bottle jack gave out. I tried to pump the pedel a few times, but nothing! Seals must have been damaged. I always set the locks and releive the pressure on my lift when the bike is in the air. Wonder if he did.
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LOL he would have done better by going to wally world for the tools, Harbor Freight the dollar store of tools
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I like my Harbor Freight jack. My RK has been sitting on it for months and hasn't blead off at all. The lock is down but it hasn't engaged yet. I know it's cheaply priced but it seems to do what I need and I have used the crap out of it in the last year. I can push the bike around in the shop on the jack without tie downs.
If that guy didn't engage the safety lock with the bike in the air....well.
Heck I read a couple of times about those more expensive jacks like the J&S having seal problems. Didn't one guy replace the jack in one twice?
If that guy didn't engage the safety lock with the bike in the air....well.
Heck I read a couple of times about those more expensive jacks like the J&S having seal problems. Didn't one guy replace the jack in one twice?
Last edited by TheBagger; Jan 14, 2009 at 03:48 AM.
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Harbor Freight ain't to blame. The user is. He obviously didn't use the locks. Bottle jacks fail all the time. They are for lifting, not holding. Every hydraulic lift has a similar 10 buck bottle jack on it.
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