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highlift/handyman jacks

that extreme is cheaper at streetsie auto.com I like mine. However dont let the handle slip out of your hand when jacking down, it autojacked all the way to the ground!!
 
Recon! said:
Elaborate please, I'm about to be mounting my tires on my freshly painted rims
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Use it to break down the bead... Wont help you with putting them on...

When you mount yours, use soap and a rubber mallet, if you don't already know that...
 
dirtygoat said:
Use it to break down the bead... Wont help you with putting them on...

When you mount yours, use soap and a rubber mallet, if you don't already know that...
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I didn't know that! Soap and a rubber mallet and I assume a swift downward angle forcing the bead over the rim?
 
Recon! said:
I didn't know that! Soap and a rubber mallet and I assume a swift downward angle forcing the bead over the rim?
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Get yourself a water bottle with the squirt top and add some dish soap, this helps with both breaking down and mounting...

Always mount from the front side of the rim... Push inner bead on at an angle and beat it around with BFH... Then on the outer bead, you'll still start at an angle but you'll need to use a tire spoon to get it started most of the time... Once it's started stand on the part of the tire that's already going on and beat the bead around until mounted...

You can do the starter fluid trick to seat the bead... But, I've found it helps if you use a ratchet strap around the tire to help push it toward the rim... If you do use starter fluid have you air nozzle close by, because the fire will suck up all the air until it goes out and will actually concave the tire inwards... Everyone always gets a big kick out of that...


Sorry for the "hi-jack" guys... Pun was intended...:D
 
I think the Exteme has a different hook on one end or a hook on each end or something.

I have used mine to move my truck sideways when it was stuck in a water hole. I jacked it up high enough for it to start to kind of "float" and then pushed it over sideways off the jack in an attempt to get it to solid ground. I was actually able to move it about a foot each time I jacked it up and pushed it. My plan would have worked if the mechanism hadn't got all muddy and made the jack temporarily inoperable. I wouldn't recommend doing that without it being in a 3' deep water hole though. The water slowed the fall down enough for me to be able to make sure I was clear each time. If it were in a normal stuck or high-center situation, the truck would have fallen over and spit the jack out and someone could have gotten hurt.
 
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I guess you saw this coming, You must not have a woman in your life right now or if you do then she is VERY understanding of your lack of storage places to let you keep that in your livingroom.
 
:haha: That's what I was thinking. I've seen pictures on this forum of all kinds of stuff in living rooms and dining rooms - tires, engines, tools, motorcycles, etc. My wife won't even let me come in the house dirty, much less my truck parts.
 
pff my current woman likes long drives in the woods, mud holes, and the occasional skinny dip to clean her underside.:doah: But I'm lucky to have a garage where I can store all of her chit.:haha:
 
You guys should have seen it before!

I have 5 37's in my dining area next to my weight bench.....
 
we have a borg warner 4 speed in the kitchen with bellhousing, in the living room we have a big roll around tool box, 3 sets of clutch pedals, two carbs, some tools, and probably some other crap im used to seeing by now :haha:Oh ya another borg warner tucked neatly under the coffee table!




Momma dont like it but dad dont seem to care :haha:
 
Has anyone ever actually used a Hi-Lift or similar jack and some chains to "winch" a vehicle? I'm just curious as to how well that would work and how much effort would be involved. If it's anything like using a comealong, I think I would just look for someone who had a winch.
 
I think it would to. The thing about a comealong is that you have to get the cable really reallly tight so that there is no slack in it before the stuck vehicle starts to move. By the time it starts to move, the effort at the lever is pretty great. And you're not supposed to add a longer handle. Even though there is supposed to be some kind of safety pin that can shear or something. I don't know. I've found them to be more useful for lifting than pulling.
 
I had to use mine to winch years ago... Had an issue with my 8274 on the trail and pulled out the hi-lift...

It sucks... The jack is way to heavy, it's really slow and takes a ton of energy...

Come-alongs are a lot easier to use and you can get way farther before having to re-hook it up...
 
I used mine to pull the blazer through the fenders of the car trailer once, it was a 1" interference fit and the blazer was clearly not running at the time. The come-a-long alone wouldn't do it so I rigged up my 60" black hi-lift and it did the trick. Each throw of the handle moves you about an inch, but when you are stuck with no other options, that seems pretty fast! You end up using the first foot or two of stroke just getting the slack out of the strap, so you have to reset alot if doing a longer pull.

FWIW the only differences between the all cast (red) and the cast/stamped (black) versions are the foot and the upper clevis. They use identical I beams and operating mechanisms. The cast upper clevis is a little more usefull when using the hilift as a clamp.
 
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