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HARBOR FREIGHT JACK STAND RECALL

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Harbor Freight Recall REPLACEMENT Stands are FAILING!!

Harbor Freight Jack Stand Recall and Safe Jacking Techniques

The frightening Harbor Freight jack stand recall has us thinking about safer ways to use jacks and jack stands to work under your car.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2nqv8qKvA8
 

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I have 7 jack stands, and fortunately none of them are those. I know that's an odd number, one got "borrowed." Working under a car on jackstands still kinds of freaks me out, even after almost 30 years. Does anyone else get that feeling?

Kurt
 
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If the front is on ramps, I still have stands under the kmember (depending on what I’m doing)
And depending on room, usually put one under center of diff along with those under the axle tubes.
As I’ve gotten older, safety is more of a concern for sure, and I always have “extra” under there in case something fails.
 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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revhead347 said:
I have 7 jack stands, and fortunately none of them are those. I know that's an odd number, one got "borrowed." Working under a car on jackstands still kinds of freaks me out, even after almost 30 years. Does anyone else get that feeling?

Kurt
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Yes but I have an angry exhaust system that will attack when I'm not looking.
 
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Rdub6 said:
If the front is on ramps, I still have stands under the kmember (depending on what I’m doing)
And depending on room, usually put one under center of diff along with those under the axle tubes.
As I’ve gotten older, safety is more of a concern for sure, and I always have “extra” under there in case something fails.
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That's actually not a bad way too look at it. Just throw extra stands under there in case.

Kurt
 
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Wheel cribs FTW
 
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lemosley1973 said:
Wheel cribs FTW
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Unfortunately, I am usually working on something that requires the wheels to be off.

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revhead347 said:
Unfortunately, I am usually working on something that requires the wheels to be off.

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Body lift FTW

Someday someday....
 

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The jack stands at Wally World yesterday look suspiciously like the second recalled HFT stands. The metal is thin and I did not like the welds.
I should have bought a second pair of stands when I was with Autoworks. They are heavy enough to feel fairly safe when under a car.
 
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lemosley1973 said:
Body lift FTW

Someday someday....
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My buddy has a lift in his house. I don't have the room for it here unfortunately.

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revhead347 said:
My buddy has a lift in his house. I don't have the room for it here unfortunately.

Kurt
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a lift in the house weird
 

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General karthief said:
a lift in the house weird
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He has high garage ceilings, I don't.

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revhead347 said:
He has high garage ceilings, I don't.

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That was a consideration when building our garage. The budget just didn't stretch that far. But I have a lot of attic space for stuff.
 

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General karthief said:
That was a consideration when building our garage. The budget just didn't stretch that far. But I have a lot of attic space for stuff.
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You can never have enough attic space for ....I mean stuff.

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Yet another reason I avoid Chinese junk whenever possible
 
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Yet another reason I avoid Chinese junk whenever possible
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I have a facebook page about avoiding Chinese Junk. It's not doing very well. That problem is that bad.

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Harbor Freight buys their top quality tools from the same factories that supply our competitors. We cut out the middleman and pass the savings to you!
www.harborfreight.com

They have expanded the recall to include more model numbers.
 

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I just got a mass email apology from the boss of HFT about this today. I bet heads are rolling in the QC department.
 

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revhead347 said:
I have 7 jack stands, and fortunately none of them are those. I know that's an odd number, one got "borrowed." Working under a car on jackstands still kinds of freaks me out, even after almost 30 years. Does anyone else get that feeling?

Kurt
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I hate being under any car...even on a lift. I just don't trust the mechanisms holding the vehicle up even if I know the design is robust. I dread pulling a trans because of how "deep" under a car I have to go.

I have 8 jackstands that i trust. When i pull a trans, most of them are under the car, along with a jack, and maybe a pair of tires. It's almost like an obstacle course under the car with all the things positioned to "catch" the vehicle. Have never had a car slip, but it still freaks me out.
 
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Mustang5L5 said:
I hate being under any car...even on a lift. I just don't trust the mechanisms holding the vehicle up even if I know the design is robust. I dread pulling a trans because of how "deep" under a car I have to go.

I have 8 jackstands that i trust. When i pull a trans, most of them are under the car, along with a jack, and maybe a pair of tires. It's almost like an obstacle course under the car with all the things positioned to "catch" the vehicle. Have never had a car slip, but it still freaks me out.
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Can never be too safe. And, for me, that thought has has increased with age!
 
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