[s-cars] Racing jack

[qshipq at aol.com]

I compared based on price only.  The 'better' HF jack is more than the price of the FLAPS AC Delco for the same features.  Comparing the 2 65dollar jacks means HF loses it's price appeal.

In the grand scheme of things, these race jacks are great for tire swaps and light/quick/track maintenance type stuff, but I use my 3 ton steel monsters and 6 ton jack stands for anything requiring undercar work.

HTH and my .02

Scott J
HP LW aluminum jacked
AC Delco LW aluminum jacked

 

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
To: qshipq at aol.com
Cc: glenahan at vfemail.net; lee at wheelman.com; s-car-list at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 6:28 pm
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Racing jack


Guess my "earlier" HF jack became the AC Delco jack. My HF jack has all of those features, although the lifting arm has shifted slightly vs. the frame.  Retorqued everything and it has worked correctly since but it's somewhat off center. 


On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM, <qshipq at aol.com> wrote:


 your FLAPS should carry them too.  I have both the HF and AC Delco version of these LW aluminum jacks - both ran me about 65 bucks on respective sale.  The AC Delco is much better built, and has three nice features lacking in the HF jack:  The AC Delco has:
Quick release push button spring pin holding the two halves of the handle
'Return to vertical' handle spring.
Roller bearing on the handle-hinge>pump piston

The HF model uses a cheap hardware bolt you don't want to lose, no return to vertical spring action (read: "bonk"), and a higher effort lever action on the handle.

HTH and my .02

Scott J