Thanks for the video bro I got one from harbor freight just like yours I only used it maybe six times and the Piston got stuck I'm about to tear it down
What grease do you use? I missed that step on the video. Thank you very much. I wish I saw it before I ran out to buy a new one last night when mine failed halfway through putting on my snow tires 😢
Wow, there are sooooo many of these jacks posted with the same exact problem... stuck piston. I was searching for a fix and didn't realize how many people have the same problem. Its almost like they made the jack with the right side piston a touch too long and is catching on the seal. It looks like maybe the seal is catching on the inside of the jack cylinder??? Or just rusty??
When the Piston gets stuck like that you can use a flat head screwdriver or a small pry bar with a curved Flathead where the cover meets the spring and pop it out
@@JuanCMissingGears thank you for the video I'm going to try and clean mine out as well although I have been using it but I use a small pry bar with a bent tip to pop out the piston.
@@JuanCMissingGears Thanks, but what is that specific one called? Harbor Freight oil for floor jack? It must have a name, doesn't it? What is its name?
Do you think so? I thought I left a big gap though. I didn't put as much fluid as it had. We will see. If it happens again. I'll make another video about it 🤣
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Finally, 10 UA-cam videos later a video that shows how to work on the pistons. All the others just show how to bleed the jack. Thank you.
I'm so glad I was able to help. I had the same experience and told myself I should do a video to help out
Thanks for the tutorial, my right piston was completely seized. Cleaned all the part and the jack works good again 👍
Glad it worked out well.
Thank you very much! I followed your instructions on a Pittsburgh model and it worked perfectly!
Glad it helped
Right on. Thank you for this video! I thought I was going to have to buy another jack!
Glad it helped out!. 🤘
Alright! This saved me a lot of trouble. Thanks
Glad it helped out
Exactly what I was looking for thanks!
Thank you for watching
Thank you for the video and the new steel toe crocs.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Glad it helped out
Thanks for the video bro I got one from harbor freight just like yours I only used it maybe six times and the Piston got stuck I'm about to tear it down
Good luck! Be careful when pulling out the piston
Had same thing happen. To me I was able to get it back out. I had to bleed the system and add jack oil
I just purchased one over the weekend. Maybe i should've purchased the 2 year pro tection plan?
Irs always good to have it but you never know when it will fail
@@JuanCMissingGears my thoughts exactly . insurance 👍
What grease do you use? I missed that step on the video. Thank you very much. I wish I saw it before I ran out to buy a new one last night when mine failed halfway through putting on my snow tires 😢
Hydraulic jack oil. I'm glad it helped.
Wow, there are sooooo many of these jacks posted with the same exact problem... stuck piston. I was searching for a fix and didn't realize how many people have the same problem. Its almost like they made the jack with the right side piston a touch too long and is catching on the seal. It looks like maybe the seal is catching on the inside of the jack cylinder??? Or just rusty??
I think the issue is not enough lubrication. The piston itself wasn't attached with the gasket when I released it. So no real way to know.
Mine bound becuz humidity and or springs are kinda small rated. So ifixed by rrmoving cleaning and lubing
That could be the reason
Did you replace the o rings ? I believe mine is leaking from one of the piston o rings
Surprisingly my o rings were ok. But Amazon sells them as well
Where is the dirt coming from that needed to be cleaned off the piston? Is it internal?
I think it's slowly building at the edge of the piston and sipping into the internals.
GREASE IT AN PRY IT FROM THE TENSION HOLDING IT SIMPLE...
White Crocs and vice grips mmmm
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Just think, somebody will watch this and think yeah vicegrips are the tool for the job.
Vice grip?
Yeah that was my biggest socket unfortunately
When the Piston gets stuck like that you can use a flat head screwdriver or a small pry bar with a curved Flathead where the cover meets the spring and pop it out
I tried. I just didn't record it. Multiple times and it didn't work. So then I decided to record the full disassembling process
@@JuanCMissingGears thank you for the video I'm going to try and clean mine out as well although I have been using it but I use a small pry bar with a bent tip to pop out the piston.
@@eltigere8585 glad it can help
What hydraulic fluid did you use? DOT 4 brake fluid?
No. I actually used the specific one from harbor freight
@@JuanCMissingGears Thanks, but what is that specific one called? Harbor Freight oil for floor jack? It must have a name, doesn't it? What is its name?
Hydraulic jack oil
You really should have changed the oil a couple of times and you over filled it. It’s probably going to get stuck again.
Do you think so?
I thought I left a big gap though. I didn't put as much fluid as it had. We will see. If it happens again. I'll make another video about it 🤣
In croc's and they are white 😂😂😂😂
Well, they aren't white any longer 🤣🤣
Too much video of you, not enough of the actual work.
Thanks