SScam68

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I've got one of the aluminum jacks from Sears.

Took a **** after a year. Had the seals changed and works like a champ now.

LT4POWR

I was really excited when I got one of these jacks for christmas...I'm not so excited now after finding this thread

LS240sx

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Ive got a craftsmen 5 ton floor jack and havnt had an issue yet.

SScam68

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well, they're fixable. Just need to find a place that deals with hydraulics.

03NHSilvy

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Well I learned my lesson on shitty jacks. Autozone 5000-lb. jack. Bought it last Friday, tried to lift my truck to check the front brake pads and I had the truck in the air, and was walking to the pass. side to slide a jack stand under the frame and it twisted and dropped the truck.

realmendrivev8s

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Well my sears jack just crapped out on me today. Funny since it was working for me 2 days ago when I used it. Got it last christmas and really didnt use it that much. Now its time to buy a good jack i guess. I hate craftsman!

NassyVette

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If that happened to me I'd be returning it to AutoZone throught their front window.

LT4POWR

Well mine took a **** last night. This was the fourth time I used it

Manic Mechanic

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I bought a NAPA jack right after making this thread. We use the heck out of it and it works like a champ. It's heavy though.

Vernon

Bad30th

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My aluminum craftsman jack took a dump too, I found it had puked all its oil out on the garage floor... It still raises the car enough to get jack stands under it but $160 for six months of limited use and no warranty I wish I'd seen this thread first...

My Craftsman air tools and hand tools are great though.

Rob (Bad30th)

thepoz89

I have a Sears 3 tom that I bought used six years ago for 60 bucks and it has worked great...

staringback05

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30 bucks for a pep boys 2 ton jack and 2 floor stands....long as the jack gets the car off the ground for the stands, i could care less

1BADAIR

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I've had my sears aluminum for over 3 years with no issues. It gets used just about everyday too

LS1NUT26

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man, sounds like there's a lot of shitty jacks out there.

sawedoff

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What about four bumper jacks stationed at each of the four corners of the car? You can also use cinder blocks or milk crates too.

You get what you pay for in tools like this. Unfortunately what's someone supposed to do when you don't have a ton of money to begin with. You buy something like a cheap jack and the damned thing breaks two days out of the box.

You'd think there'd be some sort of standard to adhere to so this doesn't happen. I've had several cheap jack stands that literally folded in half with light usage. Stay away from stuff at Sam's Club too!!!

Krom

been using a harbor freight jack for 16 or 17 years now, other than loosing the spring that holds up the handle it has been flawless, no leaks....

Fbody4Ever

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my 4K pound aluminum craftsman blew out a seal a few days ago after 3 years or so. I ran across this thread after purchase and had been just waiting for it to happen as my jack sees a fair amount of use. Sure enough it happened.

BURN'EM

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Sucks to hear about that. my over all impression of sears is Sucks ***! I bought a washer/ dryer and they canceled my delivery 3 times. Needless to say hell was raised and I got a $3600 set for $2000 but I had to wait three weeks.

subarubill96

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i have 2 old craftsman jacks that have been though hell and back and are almost perfect but my neighbor has gone through 3 jacks in the last 10 years, so needless to say if i need a new jack its not going to be crafstman

93cz28

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i have a 3 ton husky jack that i bought for $50 at Home Depot and has its fair amount of use and still works great.