Craftsman floor jack repair
05-23-2007, 12:52 PM
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Craftsman floor jack repair
My craftsman floor jack, about 366 days old, leaks fluid and wont jack.
Sears wont repair it beyond a year, and a local place said they have a hard time finding metric seals PLUS is might cost $250 parts and labor ( umm the jack cost like $150 ).
Suggestions other than dragging it into Sears and draining the rest of hydraulic fluid on say Christmas Eve?
Sears wont repair it beyond a year, and a local place said they have a hard time finding metric seals PLUS is might cost $250 parts and labor ( umm the jack cost like $150 ).
Suggestions other than dragging it into Sears and draining the rest of hydraulic fluid on say Christmas Eve?
05-23-2007, 02:10 PM
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try changing the oil(yes, they are serviceable just like motor oil), they see hydraulic jack oil, don;t use brake/motor/tranny/cooking oil for it.
change it, bleed it and see if it will hold.
under no circumstance go under a car with only a jack, esp you found out it been leaking.
change it, bleed it and see if it will hold.
under no circumstance go under a car with only a jack, esp you found out it been leaking.
05-23-2007, 04:33 PM
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i think reading on the sears website reviews of craftsman jacks, all 40 something reviews said theres leaked or broke within a year and they could do nothing about it. I would think that its pretty much done and garbage now. I was going to buy a craftsman jack but once i read all the reviews i hesitated and dont think i will end up buying one.
05-23-2007, 04:41 PM
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I used to work at Sears. In the tool dept and I can tell you that those jacks are pretty crappy. We had people bring them back all the time but there was nothing we could do. I used to exchange them for people if they were cool. This was before they got all bent up about stuff like that and started being strict about warrantes. Buy a cheapo from pep boys or even lowes or something and it will be just as good.
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Originally Posted by kalibo,May 23 2007, 08:41 PM
I used to work at Sears. In the tool dept and I can tell you that those jacks are pretty crappy. We had people bring them back all the time but there was nothing we could do. I used to exchange them for people if they were cool. This was before they got all bent up about stuff like that and started being strict about warrantes. Buy a cheapo from pep boys or even lowes or something and it will be just as good.
05-23-2007, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by duff0000,May 23 2007, 04:51 PM
How were the craftsman compressors? I just bought a 25 gal. one.
anyway, those jack only carries 1 year warranty for residental use, i think it's a three months for professional. which is just as good as a cow kite
my suv height jack from craftsman is still holding fine, it's been in service a year ago and i hope it will not fail/fell
on me anytime soon. it was 80 buck, the heigh was pretty good but you need to pump it alot to get it up there. i gotten this jack after i broke an autozone cheapo and a kragen cheapo(it was 20 and 30 dollar, which nope of them last more than a year).
05-23-2007, 08:46 PM
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The compressors were fine. Very few problems with those. Make sure you drain it often if you live in a humid area. The tanks rust if you don't. I worked there for 5 yrs and could count on 1 hand problems with compressors. I did see one that shot a piston through the sidewall. That was pretty cool.