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Old 04-09-2020, 04:32 PM
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Old 04-09-2020, 07:14 PM
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NOTHING to do with Pittsburg PA

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Old 04-09-2020, 09:52 PM
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So you get a gift card, to buy more cheap items?

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Old 04-10-2020, 12:36 AM
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I've had probably 80% bad results from any Pittsburgh brand items that I've purchased...and I actually like a lot of the HF stuff.

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Old 04-10-2020, 07:29 AM
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Abrasives.

HF best best deal is air powered cutoff tool and discs for the newbie.
Then the HF 05" x 6" belt Sanders for Head porting...$30 !
Then the the the i'm done.

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I've had probably 80% bad results from any Pittsburgh brand items that I've purchased...and I actually like a lot of the HF stuff.
Gee that's not what I wanted to hear. I recently bought the 2000lb foldable engine stand. The reviews looked pretty good for it.

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Old 04-10-2020, 09:33 AM
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I have several of those same type, I think I got mine from TSC though. I never trust just one anyway, I always put a couple together and blocking as well. Gonna build some wheel cribbing one of these days and do away with those things.

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Maybe that’s why Pitts Steel closed. Lol

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good to know thanks

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NOTHING to do with Pittsburg PA
Do you mean Pittsburgh?

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"The ratchet teeth on the jack stands may not sufficiently engage the pawl to a sufficient depth, possibly causing the stand to fail under load." Wonder if that means casting flash on either parts is the only problem. I have 4 pairs of the orange ones, for at least 15 years...other than the color they look identical.

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You Tube video showing 6 ton stands that can be pushed down with your hand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbzELWxs9Hc

Lots more defective jack stand videos on You Tube

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I have been working under cars and light trucks for nearly 50 years. Still alive fortunately. The few close calls I have had with jack stands have always involved the ratchet style stands in this recall. Not limited to the cheap sheet metal Pittsburg brand. Just too many things that can go wrong with that design to feel safe working under that style stand. Poorly cast teeth, low quality latch mechanism, too much clearance between the two, impact wear. I understand the attraction of the quick-set-up with the ratchet. I much prefer a stand with a cross pin to set the height. Takes longer to set but very little chance of shear failure.

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Old 04-11-2020, 06:16 PM
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Gee that's not what I wanted to hear. I recently bought the 2000lb foldable engine stand. The reviews looked pretty good for it.
Hey, don't base it on my experience...all of my P'burgh purchases have been small items, plastic caliper, various small hand tools.
Actually, the metal dial caliper that I have by them has been really good. The plastic digital one is junk.
As for the ratchet stands, I have a really heavy duty pair that belonged to my grandfather...and I'm 61...never any slipping with them.
I have another pair that came from NAPA...smaller but just as reliable. They are from the 1970s. The larger pair is from the 1960s. I have no fear of either set.

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I bought 4 of them last year and have used them several times

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Just plain silly to stick your head under a vehicle held up by anything sold by Harbor Fright.

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I have used the HF stands in the past to hold the rear axle in a given position, along with a floor jack, but will now fabricate new stands with the Cross Pin (I previously used a old engine valve in a precision drilled hole in thick wall steel pipe of the same stand design as Mike posted, in my younger days). The legs on the HF stands could use some mods too if you decided to continue using them.

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[QUOTE=69TempestCustomS;6142841]Because they were made in china

...........because they were made in chiner.....

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They were made in China, but to a specification for Harbor Freight. And ultimately the customer. It seems nowadays that we can't rely on any governing or technical body to catch stuff like this, so it's buyer beware. I hate jackstanding a car but I know I have to do it, from time to time. But it creeps me out.

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Wobbly supports are the #1 reason I love 2X4 cribbing. Looks kinda cheap at first,
but eventually (after seeing just how sturdy they are) jackstands start losing their
appeal. It's like 'what if IKEA sold jackstands', only better.

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