[GAM3OVR85]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

with the costco jack, you don't need a jack adapter correct?? if so, I'm about to pick one up as soon as I get my predator ice angle eyes!

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[Josh49]

Originally Posted by asdflkijd

with the costco jack, you don't need a jack adapter correct?? if so, I'm about to pick one up as soon as I get my predator ice angle eyes!

I said this in another thread and thought I would copy it here as well to answer this:

Originally Posted by Josh49

The adapter is so that the load path of the car's weight to the ground is through a piece of solid metal, rather than a .08" thick shell of plastic..

There's a lot of things you can lift through, a cut up hockey puck, 1.25" stock, wood, whatever you want. The big thing is to lift through something solid with a healthy cross section vs. the thin plastic shell..

My $0.02

[slyx620]

Just to chime in on the Craftsmen jack . . . I've had the 1.5 ton form Sears for about 3 years now. It started leaking hydraulic during the second year. The jack was used about once every 2 months or so. Keep in mind this jack only has warranty for 90 days, not life-time.

When it did work, it was great. It had a low enough profile to barely fit under my lowered prelude.

I definite would not buy another craftsman jack!

[hewmanbing]

Originally Posted by slyx620

Just to chime in on the Craftsmen jack . . . I've had the 1.5 ton form Sears for about 3 years now. It started leaking hydraulic during the second year. The jack was used about once every 2 months or so. Keep in mind this jack only has warranty for 90 days, not life-time.

When it did work, it was great. It had a low enough profile to barely fit under my lowered prelude.

I definite would not buy another craftsman jack!

I second this.. bought an aluminum craftsman jack and the cylinder leaked fluid all over my garage floor until eventually it wouldn't pump anymore.

[Majikthese42]

Originally Posted by Majikthese42

I bought this in March 2008 -- and it sprang a leak this weekend while I was taking the winter tires off my daughter's Honda. Unfortunately while the car was up in the air but fortunately on stands.

I took it back to Costco yesterday, they refunded me the purchase price ($89.99 --- they've since raised the price) plus tax. It was past the one year Torin warranty period, so I would have been SOL were it not for Costco's return policy. Plus I would have needed to ship it to Torin at my cost.

I was going to get a Sears jack but reading the reviews they tend to spring leaks just out of the warranty period, too, and then tell you repair parts aren't available and to go pound sand.

I think I'm just going to order a new one, and if it fails in a year, return it to Costco again.

That was back in the Spring (I posted it on one of the other jack threads). So I just ordered another Torin jack from Costco.

[mase]

any experience with this? http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...1&blockType=G1
Does it fit under the car?

[GTiceman]

i just got the tire rack jack and stands for christmas

[mase]

kinda pricey though, no? the craftsman one I linked has 3ton jack, stands, and creeper.. is it any good?

[Casca]

I got this one from HF

http://www.harborfreight.com/automot...ack-67022.html

Was on sale for $79 when I got it and was the lowest profile they had, 2-7/8" compared to 3-1/8" of that blue racing one some others got. Lost about a ton for lifting limits, but didn't really matter. Have used it many times for my cars and zero problems. I wouldn't say my bimmer is slammed, but it is lowered and this jack does not fit under the front middle jacking point to jack the whole front half at once. I read this from one of the many post here about jacking lowered cars, so far from being my idea.....get ramps.

I bought these ramps from Harbor Frieght as well.

http://www.harborfreight.com/magnum-...ock-67722.html


I drive up on that ramp and then jack the car up and lower it back on to jackstands. Even those ramps are too much of an angle as my front will just graze it and push them forward occasionally. So I also shore it up with a 1" thick plywood right before the ramp. Later I saw one of the Walmarts (one had it, other did not) had a similar car ramp that was lower and would probably work perfectly with no farther shoring. All I really needed to fit my jack under the car was a couple more inches and I could have just used wooden blocks to drive up on to get that clearance. If you really lowered your car, I don't think there is a low profile jack that will work without also using a ramp and if you have to use a ramp anyway, then you don't really need a low profile jack. Although I think my low profile jack just barely clears for lifting the rear after I drive the car forward up on that ramp.


I never had ramps before, always just jacked the car up. If the tires have to come off, then a jack is the only way to go, but there are lots of reason's for needing clearance to get under a car that does not require removing tires. The ramps are far easier, quicker and safer to use for those occasions.

Also get these and use em

http://www.harborfreight.com/solid-r...ock-96479.html