Yup. Read the manual thoroughly. Quickjack did an excellent job writing the instructions. If you can't follow directions, don't buy tools. Manual plainly states do NOT lower without wheels on vehicle. I have this device. I absolutely love it. Can't believe I used a floor jack to rotate tires.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
Exactly right! So many people don't even know how bad they need them.😎
@FixItFrench
Жыл бұрын
It’s crazy how people will use it all like this without reading the directions. I couldn’t imagine getting under a car without knowing that the Jack was secure.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
Same, boggles my mind. If they needed help getting the wheel back on then go to the gym or use a phone a friend.
@colemcmeans7809
Жыл бұрын
that whole bit about understanding the directions comes to mind.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
Crazy I know.🤣
@larrydeem3071
Жыл бұрын
I have a set of quick jacks but i wouldn't get under the car without first putting jack stands under front and tires under rear diff. I worry about side to side stability if i am cranking on a fastener.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
I do it all the time but I also don't get too crazy with trying to move fasteners by hand. I agree that if I needed to really beat on something I'd absolutely use supplemental stands.
@svtwrc
Жыл бұрын
The safety bars work well when you Maintenance them correctly meaning 50psi air in the cylinders and lubed and have the tracks the safety bar sits in clean of all debris. If your still worried you can use standard tripod Jack stand with the safety bar to make sure it doesn’t come down unannounced.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
I think the issues people face are when a tool is used improperly but I totally agree that poor maintenance is also a major issue. Thanks for your insight!
@mustangecoboosthpp3869
Жыл бұрын
Actually Quickjack has said in past videos that the air in the cylinder tanks is for initial set up, that once you have bleed the system it does not matter if you have air in cylinder tanks or not. It has been a while but I think they even said they were going to do away with the small air cylinders because they really were not needed. I have an SLx5000 quick jack for my Mustang and I used it on my Tacoma because my Tacoma weighs just a touch over 4,000 pounds so I am well within the 5,000 pound rating for my Quickjack. quickjackusa 3 years ago Thank you for the comment! The air tank is most helpful during the cylinder break-in period which is when the lift is new. The first 20 or so cycles are when it is doing the most work. They did say in the above post that the air cylinders play a roll, but it seems they're most useful during the break-in period. I remember another discussion where Quickjack said they were thinking of doing away with the air cylinder in the future. I see they still appear to have it on the new models. I would be interested in Quickjacks current thought on this.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
@@mustangecoboosthpp3869 I haven't touched the air on mine since the first setup to be totally honest. Never gave it a second thought.
@SpiritedWrenchers
Жыл бұрын
Good tips to share on this. I've never owned one but would absolutely understand the how's before crawling under a car on it.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that people buy them and go through the assembly and then don't use them safely. Thanks for watching Brother!
@SpiritedWrenchers
Жыл бұрын
@YellowJacketGarage exactly! Lol. Absolutely. Would have been sooner, but we've been traveling to a remote location to produce a future episode. 👌
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
@SpiritedWrenchers totally get it, I've been out and about a lot the last few weeks but not for new episodes.
@Ap2_dc2_007
Жыл бұрын
Do you always keep the jack pressure on the bars when not used for awhile or it’s ok not to? For example I work on my car and than something comes up and I have to drop what I was doing. I don’t get to continue on the car for like i say 2-3 days. What’s the best way to help maintain the the jack??
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
If you're leaving your car up on the jack you just need to make sure its on the safety bars and pressure off the cylinders. You can actually leave it up in the air and take the hoses off as long as it's locked on the safety bars. Send me an email and I can shoot you some pictures if needed just to be clear.
@burkestaes8771
Жыл бұрын
Always someone not using a tool right. Great bit of info!
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
Exactly, future Darwin Awards winners.🤣
@sparky7071
Жыл бұрын
FYI the manual does state: "As an added precaution, you must always use auxiliary safety stands under the Vehicle while elevated on both QuickJack Frames." Can't say I have ever seen anyone do that though.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
I've done it once but typically don't. When I talked to one of the folks at QJ he indicated it wasn't necessary but didn't flat out say it.
@kencarp57
9 ай бұрын
Their lawyers make them say that. QuickJack's own YT videos show them overloading a QJ 3 to 4 times and it doesn't fail - because it's LOCKED. The only way to safely use QJs is to follow their directions and make sure BOTH frames are on the locking bars with the bars fully engaged in the lock points in the frames BEFORE lowering the QJs onto the locking bars to settle them firmly. I've never read anything anywhere about a QJ failing IF USED PROPERLY.
@mikeburchett-bs3qw
10 ай бұрын
all the videos i watched about problems with qj is operator error. air cylinders help lower jacks last few inchs with 0 weight. i charged mine once when new an no more thats why there not needed i have 7000 tl awesome
@YellowJacketGarage
10 ай бұрын
I'd agree with you. All the issues I've seen are the same and if there's an actual product issue, QJ is quick to respond from my experience.
@benjaminwiener9942
5 ай бұрын
For me the same. QJ System is really helpful. If I work longer under the car after lifting up i let it in the mechanical stop and disconnect the hoses. Never have some problems to reactivate it after one week to lift down again.
@robh3043
Жыл бұрын
While the importance of following instructions is not lost on me, imho this product has just too many ways to go wrong. Personally I will be shopping for a high quality scissors jack
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
They definitely both have their pros and cons. The scissor jack didn't give me the working space under the car.
@benjaminwiener9942
5 ай бұрын
With other scissors jack you can have fail in using, too. If you follow the instructions correctly then you have no problems. I use the Model 7000 TL nearly one year now with different types of cars on it. Never got trouble with it and I it was safe to work under the cars.
@auronedgevicks7739
2 ай бұрын
safety systems are supposed to work when the thing isn't used the right way. The quick jack lock is not a safety mechanism
@YellowJacketGarage
2 ай бұрын
It most definitely is a safety mechanism per QuickJack themselves. They state to NEVER get under a vehicle without the safety locks in place. They also go on to say you can store a vehicle on the QuickJack indefinitely as long as those safety lock bars are in place. Those safety bars are actually part of the system to be used properly. Do you own a set of these by chance?
@dfboiler
Ай бұрын
your vid should be must watch for amateur wrenchers,,, i just amused myself with several "quick jack fail" videos and in every one you had user error, most very dumb errors, because they refuse to read the manual. hydraulics is a pretty basic concept you learn in basic High School chemistry and more in-depth in hs physics, its why you pay attention in class. put more simply, before you get under a two ton object, you might want to learn how the tool that holds it up for you works.
@YellowJacketGarage
Ай бұрын
@dfboiler thank you for the kind words! I definitely scratch my head more than once a day too. QuickJack is very clear on the capabilities of these things as well as how to use them but some folks know better it seems.
@durgan5668
Жыл бұрын
Read the directions. AHA! I knew there was a catch!
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
Amazes me how folks will just "send it" and then wonder why it failed.🤣
@F.E-j2i
Жыл бұрын
The Quickjacks are great if you're lucky and get one without a defective air cylinder. If you do get one of those you're screwed - the company will 100% not stand behind their product. They'll claim the air-assist down isn't "necessary to the function of the lift". Really? So if one side has air assist down and the other doesn't, and they drop unevenly, that's safe? And then when the car vehicle drops to the ground ground and one side of the lift goes straight to the full down position while the other... doesn't. You need to wait... and wait... and wait for it to drop with no weight on it. Quickjack will claim this "is normal operation" and that "it will get better over time". If you invest a massive amount of time trying to get them to stand behind their product they will, eventually, after burning through every once of customer goodwill, send out a new cylinder. Yay! Until you get the replacement and the freakin' air side is literally capped off. Like intentionally made unusable. That's not a fix guys. Then they'll claim that the engineers decided the down-assist wasn't necessary and that they've changed the design on future models. But I didn't buy a future model with less functionality. I bought the current model with exactly the functionality I wanted, was promised, and paid for. Whatever. Too much time wasted on it already - I've written off the entire company as another skanky marketing hack with no integrity. I still have it in my shop, but the company worked very hard to make me regret my purchase and it low-key pisses me off every time I look at it.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
So sorry you had issues with yours. I'd be 100% pissed too. They're not cheap to begin with and when they don't work as advertised makes it even worse! Hopefully you can find some of my other content at least remotely useful or entertaining.
@mrfuriouser
Жыл бұрын
@@YellowJacketGarageThat is a fake account. The account is spamming every Quick Jack video with that same copy/paste comment. Probably not even a human being behind it. I wouldn't trust a word. FYI.
@YellowJacketGarage
Жыл бұрын
@mrfuriouser thanks for that info! I hadn't seen that posted anywhere but I'm not at all surprised.
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