Harbor Freight 2 Ton Engine Hoist Mod
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- My engine hoist and engine stand wouldn't nest together to facilitate transferring an engine from one to the other. I fixed this problem easy peasy, quick and easy.
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Best and most simple fix I've seen for that issue yet. Nice work.
Awesome Idea!
The tube spacers are a key point in making this work!
Tube spacers (anti crush sleves) inside the square tubing will keep legs from getting distorted and distribute load better.
In using this I would Pull engine with legs in normal position then when clear of vehicle lower engine on tire and blocks then re rig boom shorter legs wider to put on stand .
You are a genius! I was having the same problem and you fixed it with simple craftsmenship👍
This is what I was looking for. I have the same problem with my stand and hoist. I thought of buying square tubing and building the legs to do exactly what you did with just bolts. Thank you sir.
Geez... I feel like an idiot!
Thanks for the idea!!
Good thinking! Good job. An easy solution for a common problem.
Perfect easy mod. About to do the same and your video was great help
A very good idea but you should not rely on bolts to support the leg extensions. They should be boxed to prevent a failure.
You're over thinking things. That will not happen. It will not. The spacers help prevent that. Any failure will be slow acting, not catastrophic. Do as you wish though. Whatever makes you feel safe. I am 'talking' to you after the fact though. What does that tell you?
Awesome Idea! thx for sharing
I hear you like what you did but we are taught in welding school to stack metal and bolting together that thin wall tube is a No no. You could improve by drilling thru stock and welding in spacers which would make it safer. Also I’m planning on using 4 inch wheels with ball bearings and putting 1/4 x2x2 plates on wheel locations then bolting wheels to plates using grade 8 and 450 rated wheels what’s your thoughts
You can over engineer. I get being safe. No one likes being told to be safe. It's no different than calling someone an idiot. What I did was and is perfectly safe. Put all the engineering into it you want. School and the real world are two different things. When you add your extra engineering, don't forget to leave in the folding capability. It's still there on mine. What I did today out works and will work repeatedly. That is the definition of safe.
@@OldAndGettingOlder Sorry you feel like your being talked to like your an idiot, where that is coming from nobody but you will ever know. The out riggers place a lot of stress on those bolts. As too welding school try 45 years ago and ive seen many mishaps from doing things like this. Ok for you to do it but others should be wise not too. Putting washers under the out riggers and not using fish plate means your leaving the flanges on the wheels ready to bend and lead to a failure. take the time and get 1/4 plate drill thru and place between casters and stock and weld to out riggers. Hope you don't get hurt. Also the out riggers should slip inside the outer stock for extra rigidity.
Great idea. Thanks
That is a very good idea! Much better some what others are showing here on ytube.
Wouldn't it had been easier to just clip (narrowing) the yellow square tubing at an angle on each side so the engine stands' rear support fits nicely at the same angle as the engine lift legs in their original location, and also relocating the two engine stands' casters inward
No. Not at all. You're describing a lot of cutting through some substantial steel. I only needed to ream one hole. This was super easy to do. Nothing is permanently altered. The hoist and stand nest together near perfectly...as good as they need to be.
My idea was free, but your idea was very clever and no mods👍PS you did have to cut the spacers to fit. Take care
Awesome bros 👏
Great vid! I'ma bout to do that myself!
Fiero owners are the smartest.
TAHNK YOU
What did you make the spacers out of?
@@DodgeandGMkiIIingFurdDaiIy, black pipe you get at Home Depot.
Why didn't you just cut the excess square tubing thats outboard of the wheels on the engine stand? 🤔
Because the lift/ crane legs are engineered to fit INSIDE of the channels to give it the strength of double reinforcement so it can lift 4000# without shearing a bolt
Do as you wish. You're suggestion wouldn't work. Narrowing the stand would force remounting the casters inwards making the stand unstable. What I did worked. Would the bolts shear off with more weight? Possibly, but I don't think they would with automotive gasoline engines. Even a BBC isn't that heavy. A diesel on the other hand is considerably heavier. For these really heavy engines I don't think you should be using Harbor Freight equipment. If something did fail, I think the Harbor Freight hoist would fail before the 3/4" bolts would. A failure would be rather slow acting. Even if a bolt sheared off, most likely only one would causing a slow acting failure. Things wouldn't just snap causing a Hyatt skywalk catastrophe. As I said though, do as you wish. What I did worked perfectly for me without the slightest hint of failure. I will not hesitate doing it again.