Recent content by vwishndaetr

Nice thumbnail... Didn't need to bring Paris into this!

I must admit I get satisfaction out of the ousting. Especially because I've had people laugh in my face for not using a SO torque wrench like they're the only ones that work accurately. I hope the HF folks keep ripping on the SO folks until the day the SO folks get off their high-horse (which...

Very reasonable approach. I'll probably try our reclining lawn chair tbh. 🤷🏼‍♂️

I might be a little too tall for that. I don't want to make another project for myself but I might end up making one. I want it to have wheels, but would like it be "lockable" so it doesn't roll when I am giving things the ugga ugga. If it had a mechanism similar to the movable staircases you...

Thanks! Haven't purchased anything yet, but am in need for sure. Even though the car is well lifted, it's too high to lay on the ground and too low to kneel/stand under it. An inclined creeper would be ideal so that you have leverage when lifting/loosening/tightening things. MaxJax sells one...

To circle around and close this up. On subsequent lifts the bolts loosened up every so slightly (and only one or two). Not like they did for the initial lift. So either a) the anchors are well seated now and they don't move any more or b) whatever flex/movement in the lift (post/base plate) has...

Well. I put the old pig up on the lift again last night. Here is my thought process: If the bolts remain snug after my lift, then the initial movement is gone and I am good to go. If the bolts loosen a bit (as a result of the anchors being ever so slightly pulled out of the holes), then I will...

Instruction manual says 90-ft lbs to set the anchors, and then "tight" for the bolts when lift post is in place.

Curious what other MaxJax folks have experienced... Before I loaded the lift with the car above, I had all my bolts snug - hand tight. I wasn't wrenching on it to result in me drawing out the anchors, but it was snug enough to warrant being guttentight. I had the car on the lift for 3 days or...

I agree 100%. If I was working on cars all day every day that would be an issue. But for the occasional weekend warrior, rolling a car forward/backwards beats rolling around on the ground.

Well. That's that. It's operating. A couple "amendments" to the instruction manual (and maybe this has been rectified on newer models - mine is a M6K that was purchased 3+ years ago). The reservoir needs more than 7 quarts of hydraulic fluid to be adequate. Doesn't look like MaxJax accounted...

Did a bunch since my last post. Concrete has been curing for 42 days which is more than plenty. I ended up laying some vapor barrier, and added some rebar to strengthen the concrete adjacent to the pad I was pouring. At least that was the thought process... I ended up pouring one of the pads...

In my case I'm just trying to the hit the high spots/ripples that were left from floating. I wouldn't come anywhere near the aggregate, and wouldn't go past the low spots so likely not an issue for me. But a good point nonetheless... Would be a quick way to make it look worse if I was going deeper.

Then I might just have to try what was recommended above. Honestly it's not critical... Surface finish is more than adequate for the lift, just not as aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the floor.

Well, then it might be a lost cause. This was poured 35 days ago.