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Michelin 2 1/2 tons floor jack repair, Part 2, re-assembly
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- After I got a Michelin 2 1/2 tons defective floor jack, I decided to open it up and see what could be the problem, and, if possible, to fix it.
This shows that cleaning the parts before assembly makes sense...
After careful re-assembly, the jack is going to have a new useful life. Also you'll see how to adjust the bypass for overload...
Hope you enjoy...!
Please feel free to like, comment and subscribe.
Great video I left my trolley jack out since last summer in all the weather seized the plunger and snaped the clip ordered a new plunger kit and now going to to fix it after watching this 2 part video very helpful thank you
Glad it helped, thanks for your comment... 🙂👍
It was one of the best presentation on a similar subject. My Hydraulic Jack is alive again. Thanks!
Thanks for the upload, I played with my jack without knowledge then asked a guy from the auto parts store who tried telling me that I stuffed the jack and wanted to sell me a new one..... so I got a second opinion, so thanking you Pierre. My Jack is fixed again.
Hi,
If your make money only be selling things, then, nothing is fixable... ;)
Lots of times the problems are quite easy to repair, and parts are quite inexpansive, but, some knowledge is required.
For lots of us, including myself, CZcams is a great source of know how, we only need to use our judgement and fing the better ones... ;)
Just curious, what was it...???
Thanks for viewing and taking the time to share your experience, Pierre
Glad to see that it all works now. Maybe I will send for you next time I have a jack problem. Keep on keeping on.
I am sticking to my very old, 1970's quality floor jack. It is not lifting, so will do a full rebuild on it. Thank you and thumbs up!!
When the basic mechanics are ok, nothing stops us from doing a little repair job to save a potentially good tool, here is a real case of neglect on basic principles of assembly procedures, where the cleaning step was skipped...
Thank you so much for that video. I have picked this jack in the garbage so I'm trill to clean it. Salut! Mon Pierre
Nice feeling when we can make something usable again.... 🙂
Thanks for your comment...
Thank you for sharing Pierre. I can't wait to take my jack apart and clean it thoroughly.
You can do it!
Thanks for taking a moment to comment...
one of the best hydraulic repair video I have seen so far, I should make a video myself as I also repair hydraulic jack ,but made in spain ..
Thanks for the kind words, if you make some videos on your side, just let me know' I'mprobably gonna learn something interesting...
Thanks fro comment, Pierre
certainly shows the level of competence and care that the factory puts into these.....none!
it looks like now it might stand a chance at a bit of durability though. good work and thorough documentation. thanks.
Hi,
At least after going thru this, it works... Crappy quality control at the factory... ;)
Thanks for viewing and for comment, Pierre
Pierre
You so right . Got jack from Canadian Tire and every time i jacked the truck up it bled so very slowly . Pulled it a parts and found all kinds of crap in it. Import and no quality control.
Good Video
The problem is, with most of Chinese castings, they don't clean well before assembly...... :(
This is what I call a very bad processing and quality control.
The price only policy, from big players in the import business, contributes to aggravate this problem, greed is the source of lots of pains...
Cheers, Pierre
That is a good size jack to be portable for changing a tire or something like that. After all you put into that video, I would keep it forever. Good job Pierre.
Hello Charles,
This is a lower quality jack, even with the Michelin name printed on it... I've got a better one, it's a 3 1/2 tons unit that I use to lift the truck, it does the job so much easier, also it's like 15 or 20 yo, and, reliable...
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Pierre
Very nice and detailed, fantastic assembly
Very dedicated reassembly - good you took such care with all your balls! Except for that one ball!
See you were wearing your U.N. gloves this time. :)
Your mistakes were stuff to easily happen - be surprised if whole job went 100% smoothly! Gave you a chance to test your patience. :)
Glad you got a result.
Hi Chris,
Too preocupied to realize my last ball was stuck in the Zipper, hurts soooo much more when you have to un-zip...
This is not the only chance I had to test my patience this week...... ;)
I'll get rid of this jack, got a better one... Stronger like 3.5 tons... More appropriate for the truck...
nice job Pierre. your mistakes make me want to continue to do things like this knowing that I'm not the only one!! 😁
Hi Walt,
We all do mistakes, the biggest mistake to make is to not try again in a different way in order to get it done right in the end... ;)
Thanks for comment, Pierre
Nice re-asembly Pierre and also a free workout in the end....
Hi Rob,
Could do without a workout laying down in front of a truck... lol
I'm not as flexible as I've ever been... :(
Thanks for comment, Pierre
Was really helpful for it was the only video of Michelin trolley jack , the label on my old jack stated 2 TON 4000 lb, but was exactly that same as in the video.
Nice Job , Explaining Problems You had . Just Found this Channel . I Bought A Drill press Vise (China ) And the Jaw Screw holes Were Full of Shit ! I Went to Clean the Threads with WD40 and A Bunch of Crap Came Out ! Glad I Did That.
The components are all in good shape, just the crap left inside caused the failure, if there is something that should doubled checked extra carefull, a floor jaack would one of those... Not very safe, it can fail any time you got body parts under...
Thanks vor viewing and for comment, Pierre
Good job Pierre, but to be honest now I’m afraid to tackle this job on my own. So many friking balls!!
Who am I kidding, I will open my broken jack tomorrow, what do I have to loose, it’s already broken. Thx for the videos. You are the man!!
You should be able, there are a lot of jobs that are some first times for me also, help yourself with notes, pictures and even video if possible it will help a lot if you get confused, good luck with your rebuild... ;) Pierre
Hey Pierre , I took your advice and opened up my broken jack and the problem is the pump head broke. (The piston that moves up and down has you pump) Where can I buy this part ? Thx Pierre
Thanks Pierre I think I'm going to rebuild my jack
That is a great way to learn how it works, it's not that complicated, the main problem is if you find bearing seats that are badly damaged, but, even there it's still fixable... ;)
Thanks for comment, Pierre
Great detail. Very informative, even with a few blemishes. 😉 Thanks!
You are so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.... 👍🌈
@@pierresgarage2687 I noticed a few details....along the way. May I suggest a pipe strap-twisting way?
Better
@@jockodog2009 That would be more "Pro" ...... 👍
Thanks Pierre, As always entertaining. Gave me some good laughs with the Bozos, more precisely your reaction. We have all been there! :-)Looking forward to your next vid
Hey... ! Glad you get a good time watching... I also tend to laugh at Bozos... A little more when it happen to others... lol
Thanks for nice comment, Pierre
One of the best to explain why they fail and how to fix them without buying a rebuilt kit that cost just as much as the jack.
New to your channel and subscribed. Don't be so hard on yourself. We all make those mistakes, its what makes life interesting :). If you could have explained how the jack worked because you obviously know that would have been good too. Great video all the same!
Hi Micky, Welcome to the channel.
Don't worry about the harshness, it's more like a running gag where there is a "Nasty Subtitler" that watches over my shoulder and slaps my head at every occasion.... You'll see a lot of other odd subtitles or stunts, some people like, some less, but this is the flavor of this channel, hope you enjoy... ;)
Those pumps are all ball bearing valves controled, if ever I get another jack or pump it would be a good suggestion to include a brief description on the how about it works.
Thanks for your input and comment, Pierre
lovely job sir,,,
Pierre's Garage1 second agoThank you for taking time to comment, Pierre ;)
Hey buddy, you left out the 2 parts that were sitting on the right by your hand....one was a small solid steel cylinder (about 6mm diameter and 14mm length.... the other piece is rubber/vinyl type material, it is a corrugated sleeve that fits over the cylinder but is only 10mm long it has 5 raised rings built on the outside surface to seal...., the reason I bring this up is that I have the same 2 parts left from my rebuild and I watched your video to find where they went!! I watched the whole vid to find them and the only time I saw them both together was in the good whole view of the plastic tray @19.45 and a good view of the sleeve on it's end @19.33 , the cyl. can bee just seen in the same on the lower right side of the tray, I should say that the cylinder I have has a ball wear mark on one end, keep us posted if you find out where they go.... my jack does the same as yours(but it's better...it's red!!)
hi Pierre, sorry I forget to tell you for what I need the Bering is for floor Jack same you fix at the video.and I live in Vegas NV.thanks for you help take care your self. ok
Hi Ramon,
You're welcome and thanks for watching, Pierre
I've got a handful of bottle jacks needing repair, this will be useful. I've also got a smaller floor jack that had one of those take apart lowboy semi trailers set down on it, making it into a nice sideways "U" shape. I'll probably use the hydraulic part of that for horizontal press work or build a scissor lift table for moving my lathe chucks and heavy work to and from the lathe. The back (and 'front') isn't going to take much more of manhandling those.
Some help with heavy handling is nice, with age the poor back takes a beating....
Those jacks are not very complicated to repair, main failures are seals, damaged seats for bearings, or foreign parts or dirt, make sure you take good notes on disassembly though... ;)
Thanks for comment, Pierre
Interesting test to see how well - at the age one now has - one remembers. Good you take notes. Then there is the challenge of remembering to read the notes one wrote. After reading the note, it is then to remember why one is holding exactly that part. Then it is back to the notes. Occupational therapy: good stuff.
Hi Jim,
Not even a question of age, even younger I couldn't remember how to get the things back together without taking notes. ( Talking here about the more complex things )
I wrote the notes from viewing the video of the disassembling, ( the actual video is a little longer and detailed than the on CZcams), that gave me an exact overview of the unit, good thing I detailed the dimensions also...
Everything ends well like in Disney movies... ;)
Thanks for visiting
Hi, nice vid. My 2 tonne jack is in bits after piston seal and back support washer exploded. Not having any luck getting new seals. Looks like a new jack goes to the dump.
I have had a similar but heavier harbor freight jack fold the side plates up and collapse lifting one side of a diesel truck up, well under labeled capacity too. Safety stands are very important.
Hi Brian,
I'd never get under a load without steady stands, even more so after seeing this...
I've got a better jack that's about 15 to 20 yo, another 3 1/2 tons Michelin, better built... ;)
Bravo!
Thanks, Pierre
what are all the components that are in the release valve
I admire your thoroughness. Sadly the part that I waited for was skipped: how to refill it. I have the precise same jack. It had lost fluid overwinter and I have brought it part way back. When you filled was the jack horizontal? Did you fill from the port with the rubber stopper? Did you fill right up to the top? How did you purge? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
The filling is done using the prot with the rubber stopper, you get it filled to the level of the port or near, then you pump it a few tims release, you know there is enough oil when you pump and release and noi oil drips out in operating position, make sure the air is out by getting no springy action when lifting heavy stuff.
Getting rid o the air is normally no problem after 5 or more full pumps and adjusting the level as you go, a functionning jack won't over spill oil in operation even with the rubber cover open.
Let me know if this works for you... ;)
parts on 9:50 two parts on the left go in other hole and two parts on the right in another hole its simple but thanks to yoo i fixed mine "!
Regards from Serbia
It's nice to hear that you got your jack fixed and thanks for taking some time to leave a comment, Pierre
@@pierresgarage2687 thank you for uploading. All the best mr.Pierre 👍
What happened to that screen from the cylinder or what he called the piston?
Witam , bardzo pomogło dzięki ;)
Cześć, cieszę się, że to pomogło ...
Dziękuję za obejrzenie, Pierre
Mantap
Equally applicable to Womantap... 😉👍🌈
hi i wanted to fix my 2 tonne jack like that one you have but cannot find the seals kit can you help me please.
Sorry for not being able to get back sooner, had some personal mater to handle...
You can try one of those links, search on their web sites or you could call them if you need more help:
www.hcrcnow.com/shop
www.blackhawkparts.com
When you replace the checks you can give them a light tap to reseat them
Hi John,
You're right about that method of making the seat like new again... ;)
Thanks for taking the time to mention it, Pierre
Très bon vidéos Pierre. Merci beaucoup ! J'ai ré-assemblé mon Michelin 3.5 tonnes de 1999 qui avait une fuite d'huile lorsque je soulevait ma VW Beetle 67. J'ai changé quelques o-ring, rempli le réservoir d'huile et effectué la purge d'air. Tout va bien dans le fonctionnement sans poids, mais si j'essaie de soulever mon VTT par example, mon jack ne peut pas le soulever. J'ai 3 vis d'ajustement intactes mais je n'ai pas procédé au dé-assemblage de ces vis encore. Que me suggères-tu? Pourquoi le jack manque de force? J'ai démantelé mon jack, et le cylindre est sur ma table de travail. Merci Pierre !
Bonjour Guy, Si ma mémoire est bonne, il y a une vis pour la remontée rapide si ton jack en est pourvu, une des deux autres sert à ajuster le maximum de levage possible. Il y a possiblement n peu d'air dans ce secteur, ou, simplement un besoin d'ajustement, il n'est pas trop difficile d'ajuster, tu dois simplement t'assurer qu'il n'y a pas d'air dans cette zone en dévissant et laisser un peu d'huile s'échapper jusqu'à ce qu'il n'y ait plus d'air, ensuite, mettre sur le jack le poids maximum qu'il peut lever et ajuster la vis pour que le bypass empêche de lever plus. Je me doute que ce ne sera pas évident de trouver un poids calibré, quelque chose d'approximatif fera l'affaire du moment que ça ne dépasse pas la capacité du jack...
J'espère que ça ira... 🙂👍
@@pierresgarage2687 Salut Pierre, tout est réglé. J'ai changé le U-Cup seal du piston. Tout fonctionne parfaitement j'ai levé 2000 livres sans problème. Merci encore!
Which parts did you replace and where to buy them?
I only replaced a few O rings, I had some in stock that were suitable... ;)
There was nothing mechanical that was defective beside obstructions caused by the faulty cleaning at the factory.
Where do you get o rings for the jack?
Sorry for not being able to get back sooner, had some personal mater to handle...
You can try one of those links, search on their web sites or you could call them if you need more help:
www.hcrcnow.com/shop
www.blackhawkparts.com
Thank you for all .....
Always welcome... 🌈😉👍
Hi I have crafstman Flor jack 950145,but a can't remember how put all parts on right place.u can help me ?!!!!
I can't find much on your specific number from Craftsman, you may try to see if looking withing their site if this firm would have a corresponding unit and available parts along with some also have some manuals with exploded views of their products... Let me know how it goes for you...
Here is the link:
www.shinnfuamerica.com
nice vids pierre , i have the 3 1/2ton that was on sale some time ago at bi's warehouse or same ? anyway i owned it for a long time it only leaks works well ill have to do what your doing some day . i am also born in MONTREAL lived there till 1968 right after the expo we moved to florida my dad got papers he was a cert welder and the rest is history , been in florida ever since learn all i know in english thats funny i spread very good french but when it comes to expressing myself on a work point of view i see i am missing lots of words , we just went there summer of 2016 my god i almost had a heart attack driving in montreal , what a mess , they say miami is bad ! not compared to montreal , and the taxes very expensive to eat there all my cousins tell me they stay away from montreal at all cost now i know why LOL . like your vid pierre je mapelle denis , youtube choose that screen name for me i hate it but can't change it ? .
Salut Denis,
Like you mention became a huge parking lot.... I avoid going in town at all cost... !!!!
I'm on the South Shore about 30 minutes from town, my wife goes there everyday to work, this is hell to her, she probably won't retire for another at least 6 years...
Not speaking a language for a long time, you get to loose some of the fluidity when comes time to say something....
Nice to have you comment, Pierre
Hi Pierre !
Nice done ... even with the Bozos !
Hi Keld,
With the Nasty Subtitler and Bozo, we make an unbeatable team... lol
The jack rides again, for a long time now. ;)
pierre beaudry
I your age it must be a wonder ... even for longer time and without no pills at all - ha, ha.
... anyway, nice done !
I got one of those blue Michelin jacks almost identical to the one in your video. It's a couple of years old and was about to throw it out because it slowly drops after jacking up the car. No external leaks. After watching your video I decided to take a shot at taking it apart and re-building it. The oil was pretty dirty but I didn't find any bits of metal or see any visible damage. I cleaned all the parts, re-assembled everything and added fresh jack oil. No difference. It jacks up fine but then begins to drop slowly. Within a few minutes the lift arm is all the way down. Other than being Chinese junk, any idea what the problem is?
If it happens at at or near the maximum lifting capacity, possible that the limit valve needs a little adjustment, or if this isn't the problem also possible that the seat of one of the bearing ball that sreves as a valve leaks, this requires some cleaning and or resurfacing of that seat. As a last possible cause, the possible problem in the piston or cylinder, scratch or a bad seal...
So far it's what I would look for myself, hope it helps you find the problem, Pierre
Pierre's Garage thanks for the suggestions. I've disassembled it 3 times looking for the problem. All to no avail. It doesn't look like these cheap jacks were meant to be rebuilt. The seal on the end of the ram for example is not easy to replace as the metal pin holding the seal is pressed into the end. I'll probably just buy a new jack. Great video by the way..
Guess that sometimes we got to give up, but it was a good fight... ;)
Not certain what's your next purchase, maybe not Asian... lol
Good repair, but I think you need a higher capacity jack for the truck.
Hi Randy,
The front end of the truck with some metal trash in the bed must be around 5000 pounds or a little less...
This is a rather cheap built unit, I really think that 5000 pounds is kinda much for it, I got the 3 and a half tons version for about 15 years now, and, it's a way better unit, this one is going to be for sale cheap soon...
Got to get back to you soon about the schedule... ;)
Cheers, Pierre
Hola buenos días Me gustaría saber cómo poder comprar el kit para Epa reparar mi gato Michelin de tres toneladas y media una página o tienda donde comprar gracias
hi,Pierre were can i buy new Berings.
Hi,
Depending if you're in the US or anywhere else, if you do like me I'm collecting from older ball bearings or if you need specific parts you could try this link:
bearingballstore.com/
Thanks for viewing and I hope this helps you, Pierre
Hi Pierre. Just curious if your going to the Bar Z Summer bash at the end of the month.
Rod Qualicum Beach BC
Everything is lined up for the wife and I to be present... We'll be there .... ;)
Are you also going?
I'm signed up to go. It will be my first time in California so not sure what to expect. Are you staying at the hotel that Stan lined up for a good price? I am considering driving my old van down and doing the Oregon Coast camping along the way.
It's going to be a first for us also, we are flying in from Montreal Canada, we booked rooms at Stan's hotel, not on his reservation, though... We went to the hotel's web site and reserved on our own, over 61 yo. rate was $97 a night, we got 3 nights there in order to do some visiting in the LA area...
Check:
Marriott Residence Inn Ontario Airport
You can check with them, for availability and rates.
Driving in from Oregon is a long drive, don't know exactly how many hours, but at least 12 to 15 hours drive non-stop drive... It would be at least 2 nights stay, camping is a solution.
I was trying to watch carefully, and I did not see you replace any seals. You appeared to just cleaned all of them. Is that correct?
The seals that were damaged were replaced, but this type of jack doesn't have that many, since all the valving is made with balls.
Guess I forgot to mention about the replacement....
I got a used jack someone attempted to repair but ended up losing some parts . My question is where can I get a repair kit
You can try one of those links, search on their web sites or you could call them if you need more help:
www.hcrcnow.com/shop
www.blackhawkparts.com
@@pierresgarage2687 thank you
Please can you zoom your camera about small details to saw akind of nails😉😉
What is that we see dripping at the rear of the bed, behind the differential?
There was water in the bed liner, the front was a little lower, and keep the water, by lifting the front then the rear is lower, water gets off the liner... ;)
+pierre beaudry makes sense, thanks. When I lived in Denver, I had a little Toyota pickup. When it snowed, the bed would fill up, providing enough weight for traction. As the weather warmed up, the snow would melt.
I enjoy your videos.
Thanks for nice appreciation... ;)
Was your little Toyota a 4WD...? Cause a 2WD pick-up in the snow isn't much worth having... What area are you located...?
+pierre beaudry: The Toyota was a 2-wheel-drive. I drove it through six winters with very little problems. In the Denver "Front Range" area, the snow didn't stick around very long because it would warm up enough to melt, plus, the humidity was so low, it's listed as an Alpine Desert, the snow melts and evaporates. I now live back in Southern California, north of San Diego and about three miles from the ocean. Other than working in Denver, this has been home since 1959.
Here, snow is another story, we get more and it stays, although in the Montreal area, we consider ourselves lucky, cause if you go a little East and North ( Quebec City, or about 75 miles North) there is much more...
The Atlantic provinces get boatloads of snow, I don't envy them at all...
This is why here a 2WD pick-up truck is a no, no, I had one once and I was staying stuck everywhere...
In all this my favorite season is, one with warmth and NO SNOW..... ;)
Very good illustration of the ineptitude of Chinese quality.
Quality is never too expensive when it comes to preserve our life under a load or a car... With 1.4 billion people the Chinese maybe don't care loosing a few beings... Sad...
floor repair part 1
Thanks @ 9:34
Glad it could help you... 🙂..👍
At 10:14, use a little grease to hold theses two parts together during re-assembly!
note taken.... 👍
That looks like an accident waiting to happen, jacking up that heavy truck with that. You would think Michelin is better where safety would be their number one priority, so you would think from the tire commercials.
Wow you got that big hex nut removed! I wasn’t able to do it on my 20 ton bottle jack even with a 36” pipe wrench.
Hi Frank,
The jack wouldn't lift, so, not much danger there, but if something happens when lifting or holding that could be deadly...
I got the big hex by installing the bottle in the vise and with a big wrench key and a 2 feet bar, wasn't that bad, but, every bottle could be different...
Thanks for comment, Pierre
Might think about building yourself a good micrometer bench vise Pierre. I bought the one Mitrutoyo makes but there pretty simple. They make it dead easy to measure small parts like you were doing with those balls. No need to hold the mike at all then.
Wonder what Michelin gets for the Chinese slapping there name on that jack. I have one from Crappy Tire where if your close to the rated load the jack starts to rotate on the front wheels and would drop a car right on you. Piss poor design engineering on top of the lack of quality control. But we keep buying this junk they'll keep making it I guess.
Good video tho. :-)
Where there is money, there are sharks, Michelin must be one of them.....
CT tools must be used at half the rating, and, never forget candle stands if you want to live...
Thanks for comment, Pierre
Hello i have a favor to ask do you think you could skan a copy of the diagram you made and email that to me i have the exact same jack and it is doing the same thing i have donwloaded your videos.
Hi, I'm affraid that this jack isn't in my posession any more, it was sold some time after the repair. Since I didn't make an actual schematic on paper when I did film the repair, there is not real record of the operation beside the two videos where I dismantle and reassemble the jack, hope that if you watch the videos you'll be able to get all the information you need to make any eventual repair on your jack.
Thanks for viewing and your kind support, Pierre
ok i just thought i would ask because i have the same exact jack and is having the same problem.
Did you opened it up yet?
Muy bien explicado pero en inglés no le entiendo nada jajaja
great, maybe I can fix my overload valve then, foolishly turned it and need a 2.5 ton car now to lift!
It like all the crap you get from Canadian Tire or the Harbor Freight stuff. Allot of through away. Used once and then through it away . Because it never lasts.
Hi Fred,
Canadian Tire has some decent tools for the average weekend handyman, at a price that matches the purpose...
Some of the tools are pretty decent as some are not great...
What bugs me the most, is that the big ones like, Milwaukee, Dewalt, and others, make their tools cheaper and less reliable everytime they renew the line.... It's called programmed obsolescence, THIS IS SHIT...!!!
You got me upset... lol
Cheers, PIerre
Pierre
I watched " How its Made so much and than I watched AVE youtube and he in lightened me. Most of these tool Milwaukee, Dewalt, Ryobe and a few other ones are all made by the same plant with a different name. It as bad as Genuine GM parts Made in China. I know every needs a pay check But it all crap. No quality control here. The worst part of it, We just keep buying. And there are some good products that come from Imports but only small percentage.
When the tool last it's a mistake... lol
The biggest problem is greed, most everyone is in for the short term "Getting rich and run mode" this never improves things in the long run...
pierre beaudry
Yes you are so right.Hit the Nail on the head.
A jolt of electricity should be given to the factory workers who try and cut corners during manufacturing and assembly. I keep hearing from N American Companies telling us that they have quality control. Ya sure. You get what you pay for. Cheap steel and labor = piss poor products. One of my jacks like yours I bought from Canadian Tire in the 70's which still works.
Agree that overall quality on certain type of products is degrading, not all, though, now 4 cylinders cars will run for 300,000 km, and consume less gas, 40 years ago those 4 cyl. wouldn't last more than 80,000 km without a big blue cloud behind them.
that is how the Chinese get rid of their used hydraulic oil.
Hi Glen,
And all the rest.... lol
Thanks for comment, Pierre
i think this guy has O.C.D.
I think you may be right....!!!! ;)
With time I got used to it, not that I like it so much, though....
From my experience with anything made in China, they do not believe in deburring or the clean assembly of anything they make, as you mentioned its a shame because it causes early failure of everything they produce and a big reason why they have a reputation for producing poor quality junk.
Hi David, by now, just about 95% of manufacturers have their stuff done in countries where labor is real cheap, even now China subcontracts in other countries, as an example Somalia is one of them.
The problem is the quality control, the manufacturer has the last word on how much he wants to pay and the final quality of the product, this is where most of the time the fault resides...
Thanks for your comment, Pierre
Every time you told us to hit the 'subscribe' button I did. White to red to white, etc. It's red now so it must be on. Then I saw what looked like a little tree symbol on your bottle of oil. Either the oil is made of tree squeezin's or it's chainsaw oil. Shame on you.
I'm glad someone else cusses while they fight with adversity. I will follow your lead and save myself a LOT of editing. Do you also have a Floor Of No Return with optional Tanslateral Displacement Warp? I was changing out a carbide insert and dropped the screw. It disappeared into a pile of screw shaped swarf then re-appeared under another bench 12 feet away. I spent more time on my knees than my sister at a football rally.
What nationality are you, my friend? I assumed French Canadian but when you cussed and said "eh" your accent was that of East L.A. Mexican.. You are truly multi-national! I also saw some big fuzzy hairy thing in your shop while you were at the vise. Big fuzzy hairy things (mothers-in-law included) are a FIRE HAZARD. I had a step-uncle (twice removed on my brother's grandmother's side) and he was welding near such a thing and it exploded and set his hair on fire. He talked funny afterwards and then mysteriously moved away and we never saw him again
I think his named started with a P.... Pierre! :) What's a nice Irish Italian boy doing in Canada cussing in Spanish with a French accent?? Come home to us - all is forgiven. We didn't like that mother-in-law, anyway,
Hello Eddie,
It's pure French Canadian, although my mom was born in the US, I've lived around Montreal all my life...
The sign on the oil can is a maple leaf: Maple syrup based oil, unique Canadian product... Smells better when you lift...
That big fuzzy thing is the mascot for the channel, also the weird spring sound comes from it... Don't have to worry about my hair catching fire anymore, they left me a little at the time, not much left for a fire now... lol
Sharing a couple of bad words with you guys is such a relief sometimes. ;)
Thanks for comment....
A complicated little beastie hardly worth the time and effort to effect a highly skilled repair.
Look at the wheels on the jack when it's under the truck.
Stand well clear.
The effort wasn't directed to make money or be efficient, but, more to try discover what would be the problem, a lttle unexpected I have to admit, finding grit and dirt in the jack was a big deception... :(
The truck is high enough to clear if the jack fails, otherwise i would use the blocks and candle stands... ;)
Love it, correct terms for tools, Allen Key not Allen Wrench.....why do americans call everything a wrench? Wrench is a verb not a noun.
Hi, thanks for a nice comment, sure you can notice that Canadians and Americans are quite different, even on election days... ;)
All the best, Pierre
This could have been an owner issue when they were trying to get it to pump better by adding oil and knocking debris into it while filling the reservoir. Might not have been a manufacturer error.
The previous owner didn't fiddle with the jack, and I know that he got it brand new, So, the problems are from the manufacture... Real bad cleaning procedure and low quality and inspection station... Sad cause this could be very lethat in certain situations...
Thanks for viewing and for taking the time to comment, Pierre
Then you should reveal the manufacturer so that your viewers can avoid buying from such an obvious inept maker
It's sold under the name Michelin here in Canada... The name Michelin would normally suggest a good quality product.
Sold under Michlen but built in China. China junk!!!
Great video, you have more patience than. Wonder why the ball bearings were 1/2 metric and 1/2 American.
if you ever go under a vehicle and have nothing else, pull the spare wheel or the wheel you're working on under it with you, might give you those inches you need to stay alive while you scream for help
Normally there is alway a need for installing a safety device while being under a load that is risen by any lifting device.....!!!!
This truck had all it's wheels on and was giving me clearence as it was, so in this once only case there was no need to add any extra safety devices, the lifting was about only a few inches or so.
But I take you advice into account for other situations where it could be just like you say a life saver in a desperate situation...
Thanks for your comment, Pierre
oh that wasn't aimed at you, i agree with using axle stands and proper safety. it was more aimed at people who think using a jack by itself is a good idea, at least the wheel gives them a chance.
great video as usual.
No offence taken, and, better a little more safety that none... ;)
I have the exact same jack and it won't hold a lift and also leaks oil. I only use it for lifting lighter weight things like lighter parts of a vehicle like a wheel when replacing control arms.
Your video is incredibly detailed and concise. Better than a training video. I'm going to try and repair mine as I've had it for so long that I can't bear to part with it.
Quick question. Do you remember how much jack oil it took to refill after re-assembly?
I ended up cleaning mine up and it didn't take much oil at all.
When re-assembling, if you're having problem lining up the bottle jack part into the main assembly, you can lift up on the saddle and that will change the length of the whole assembly and make lining up a lot easier.