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04-02-2006, 06:49 PM
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Hi lift jack won't jack, need help?
So I went to use my hi lift today and the damn thing won't jack. Does anyone have a picture of the pins that move in and out on the side? I'm thinking one of them is out of position.
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04-02-2006, 08:40 PM
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Wot's...uh The Deal?
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Originally Posted by Bot
So I went to use my hi lift today and the damn thing won't jack. Does anyone have a picture of the pins that move in and out on the side? I'm thinking one of them is out of position.
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Check this out. It might help you out and you'll find it hillarious.
http://128.83.80.200/TACO/hilift.html
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04-02-2006, 08:58 PM
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funny stuff. Mine looks slightly different but the pictures should help.
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04-03-2006, 02:44 AM
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Do it right or not at all
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Did you have enough weight on the Hi-Lift? It requires 150 lbs or more weight for it to work properly, it will just release and fall to the ground in the lowering position without that minimum required amount of weight.
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04-03-2006, 07:01 AM
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Simple thing, but do the pins need to be cleaned & lubed?
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04-03-2006, 07:36 AM
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Wot's...uh The Deal?
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Simple thing, but do the pins need to be cleaned & lubed?
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.......yes
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White '94 YJ 2.5L 5 speed, 35" BFGs KM2's, 5" lift, Mark VII 2 speed fan, Milemarker PE8000, Front Aussie Locker, Power steering conversion, '98 Cavalier seats, MORE Boomerangs in front, 136 amp ZJ alternator, JB conversions SYE, Tom Woods custom drive shaft, 8.8 with ARB, 4.88 gear ratio, Teralow
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'89 XJ Laredo Bone Stock
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Originally Posted by Beefstew
I may have proven that I am in fact an idiot, by all of your standards...
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04-03-2006, 07:44 AM
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it is brand new. I didn't have much weight on it. Only the weight of my hand pushing down. I will put some weight on it and see what happens.
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04-03-2006, 09:06 AM
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My question was for Bot. Do his pins need to be cleaned/lubed?
Bot - not having enough weight on the jack is likely the problem. But when I first got my jack the pins and the rest of the action had so much gunk in them for storage that it wouldn't work until I cleaned it out and lubed the pins.
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04-03-2006, 09:28 AM
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I will go ahead and lube them up and put some weight on it and see what happens.
thanks for the help
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04-03-2006, 10:37 AM
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it is brand new. I didn't have much weight on it. Only the weight of my hand pushing down. I will put some weight on it and see what happens.
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yeah that'll not do it.... why don't you jack up your bumper, just don't lift the jeep.
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04-03-2006, 11:11 AM
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since nobody has asked .do you even have it selected to be going up and not down?
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04-03-2006, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Bot
it is brand new. I didn't have much weight on it. Only the weight of my hand pushing down.
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There you go, that's the problem. By the way... its Owner's Manual clearly states it must have 150 lbs. on it for it to work properly. It sounds like it's time to find the manual and read it, especially since a Hi-Lift can be dangerous to use since you haven't yet thoroughly read the instructions! 
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04-03-2006, 03:37 PM
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i don't have one that is part of the problem.
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Hi lift jack won't jack, need help?
