Floor jack pinch weld pucks

[FriscoTXJoe]

My wife has a good lawyer. Do you really think Harbor Freight would be in business if all there equipment was maiming and killing people.

Obviously it's not. But looking at a few individual circumstances/reviews of jacks, etc.....enough have failed to warrant consideration.

This is one where I am siding with the more proven, reliable product. Dont' need to be wrong just once or?

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[YOBY]

Obviously it's not. But looking at a few individual circumstances/reviews of jacks, etc.....enough have failed to warrant consideration.

This is one where I am siding with the more proven, reliable product. Dont' need to be wrong just once or?

SPLAT.

You never know.

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[paneubert]

You never know.

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I've seen folks fill the insides of those circular spots with high strength concrete (from the underside). Apparently that is how you make a Rhino Ramp safe. Haha.

That being said....I do have a set of them. Wish me luck with my first oil change on Friday (not on a Maverick).

 

[YOBY]

I've seen folks fill the insides of those circular spots with high strength concrete (from the underside). Apparently that is how you make a Rhino Ramp safe. Haha.

That being said....I do have a set of them. Wish me luck with my first oil change on Friday (not on a Maverick).

Hope it's a go cart, if not we will pray for you.

 

[LC48]

If getting pinch weld adapters understand that Ford designed this one to be lifted on the bottom of the pinch weld, not each side. Check your factory jack, lifts from the bottom.

The factory service manual also only lists the four pinch weld as lift points, nothing else. I have a spreader arm mounted on one of my floor jacks, works good to lift the front at the a-arm attachment points, then place my stands. Still trying to come up with a good way to lift the rear evenly.

Oil changes I use ramps with jack stands as a backup.

At the 10K service I wound up just putting the spare into rotation and working one side of the vehicle at a time.

Tire rotations and brake work (just inspections early on) of course require getting all 4 off the ground, but this is also needed in order to check transmission and PTU fluid levels.

Quickjack has a system that will work, the 60003LX, but the dang setup is $2k....ouch. A member here already owned a shorter Quickjack and found he could use them athwartships on the Maverick. The deal is that our lift points are 72" apart, so to do it the way Quickjack wants requires the more expensive model - of course.

6000ELX

Harbor freight floor jacks are excellent and well respected, you will see the Daytona jacks in use in pro shops everywhere. Their jack stands were the problem a couple of years ago.

 

[scotty]

Even thought its done I never jack up a vehicle on a pinch weld area.

Where do you jack up on the maverick? Is it a hyrbrid

 

[scotty]

I have been using these for years and they work mint. Pinch welds are in perfect condition on all my vehicles. Got them on Amazonian and they are not too expensive. I highly recommend them.

is the slot .39"? thanks for any info.

 

[Ron Neal]

Where do you jack up on the maverick? Is it a hyrbrid

To be honest I don't have that answer until I crawl under the truck and see what's there or not there.

 

[AlsMaverick]

Is this overconcern? Most of my vehicles have been uni-bodies. I've worked on other peoples cars for over 40 years. Only one pinch weld was damaged during the lift and it was a result of severe rust, not the jack/weld.
What are we trying to protect?

 

[Dudley]

Ramps are safer.

Solid Steel Auto Ramp Set (harborfreight.com)

Or for plastic lovers.

13,000 lb. GVWR Portable Vehicle Ramp Set (harborfreight.com)

I had metal ones for years. Since they took up space I don't really have, and seldom used them, no longer have them. My dislike was on smooth concrete the tendency for them to slide when coming off them. Plastic might stay in place better? Any more I chock the wheels and use jack stands but also leave my hydraulic jack in place.

 

[Montauk]

I’ve used a set of those plastic ones for a few years. I have a couple old yoga mats I found and decided to put to good use so I lay the mats down then put the ramps on them. No slipping after that. Plus the Mav hybrid is front wheel drive so it’s a better situation than a rear wheel drive truck for driving up ramps.

 

[S Dundee]

My wife has a good lawyer. Do you really think Harbor Freight would be in business if all there equipment was maiming and killing people.

Some of their tools are throw away or single use, for sure. But their new Harbor Freight jack stands, as an example, are really well designed. Their latest jack stands that came out about 2 years ago are about the safest on the market: Fully gusseted to prevent collapse, good welds and with multiple safety mechanisms to lock the height.

 

[SLINGSHOT]

I have a set of crappy KMart jack stands. Had them for over 50 years. They and I are still here.

 

[NJBob]

If getting pinch weld adapters understand that Ford designed this one to be lifted on the bottom of the pinch weld, not each side. Check your factory jack, lifts from the bottom.

The factory service manual also only lists the four pinch weld as lift points, nothing else. I have a spreader arm mounted on one of my floor jacks, works good to lift the front at the a-arm attachment points, then place my stands. Still trying to come up with a good way to lift the rear evenly.

Oil changes I use ramps with jack stands as a backup.

At the 10K service I wound up just putting the spare into rotation and working one side of the vehicle at a time.

Tire rotations and brake work (just inspections early on) of course require getting all 4 off the ground, but this is also needed in order to check transmission and PTU fluid levels.

Quickjack has a system that will work, the 60003LX, but the dang setup is $2k....ouch. A member here already owned a shorter Quickjack and found he could use them athwartships on the Maverick. The deal is that our lift points are 72" apart, so to do it the way Quickjack wants requires the more expensive model - of course.

6000ELX

Harbor freight floor jacks are excellent and well respected, you will see the Daytona jacks in use in pro shops everywhere. Their jack stands were the problem a couple of years ago.

Are these jack pads shallow enough to lift from the bottom of the pinch weld? I always thought they just aided in location.

 

[Hot Runr Guy]

I bought one of these, since my floor jack has a large diameter pad. While the slots are wide enough to go over the metal and plastic, the rubber is too soft, and allows the pinch weld area to rest on the perimeter of the jack pad. I'm just going to rout a 1/2" wide slot on a short hunk of 2x4, and use that.

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