Recent content by Maxgle

I just finished installing a new seal kit in my Montgomery Ward (Hein Werner) 1-1/4 ton floor jack. I was exercising the jack and the spring stud broke. This is the stud that the return spring hooks on to. I have enclosed a picture of it (broken). It is a round pin 0.25 in diam., with a U...

Pop Pop Here is a picture of the top end of the handle with the knob and the 1/4-28 jam nut as shown in the parts list. Hope this helps. If you need more information, just let me know. Maxgle

Thanks for all your responses. I contacted Hiball via PM, but before I got a reply, I decided to take a few things apart and see what I could find. I removed the main spring, the spring pin, and then removed the packing nut with a tool I made about 9 years ago. (The tool was made with a 1 in...

Hello all, I just joined after reading about the floor jack rebuild by Hiball. Well my father in law gave me a Montgomery Ward 1-1/4 Ton jack made by Hein Werner in 1976. It worked for about 27 years with no trouble. Then in 2003 it started leaking. I went to Jack X change in Anaheim CA...