Recent content by dellc

update on my stuck Quickjack. soaking the pivot point in rust remover, oil, ATF-Acetone- did not seem to have any effect on the seized pivot. Took the frame to a friend's place where he used his tractor bucket to force the frame to the lowered position. it took a lot of pressure to break the...

update on my rusty pivot. soaked it in motor oil for 12 hours and then tried a ratchet strap to collapse the frame. no luck. so i reinstalled the cylinder to try and get some movement out of the pivot. it seems to move a tiny amount up but then i noticed the bottom of the frame bends...

i am wrestling with this same problem. rust can definitely prevent the Quickjack from lowering. i made the mistake of working on a salty dripping car in December and not cleaning the jack afterwards. last week i put a VW Golf on the jacks doing some maintenance. when i went to lower the...