Am interested in hearing about folks' experience with bridge jacks (the scissor kind) used with a 4-post lift. Do they work well? Are they adjustible enough in terms of width to be able to lift a variety of vehicles? I'm looking at a Revolution RFG9 with two rolling bridge jacks. Yes, they are manual not air operated but that is OK. What kind of adapters/pucks to you use with them? Thanks.
Bridge Jacks
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Many of them won’t extend far enough to reach the factory jacking points on the rockers on imports. Like bendpak rj-45 won’t reach in any of my 3 BMWs. They work fine on subframes and they will reach suspension mounting points. I bought extensions made by another company.
garagelogician
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Advantage and Titan both have 3500lb jacks that extend out to 60-something inches, which is more than enough to reach the factory lift points on my X5, which are 58" center to center. The Advantage lift is the rolling type that only works on lifts with a lip, but the Titan version is sliding jack that has plastic sliders that just run on top of the runways.
Bendpak rj-45 is 56” center to center and even my little E36 jack points are 58” center to center. That was disappointing but you can work around it by jacking the subframe or suspension mount points, but at times you need those areas free. I bought extensions. You can also put a low profile floor jack like the $59 HF 1.5 ton aluminum jacks on the runners to jack the car up. Or use the subframe to jack and then use blocks under the rocker panel jack points. Extra steps, though.
BruceMc
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I have a pair with a Direct Lift Pro-park 9. No width problems with a Ram 2500. Now that I've been spoiled I can't imagine working without them.
http://www.directlift.com/Pro-Jack-4500-P56C18.aspx
http://www.directlift.com/Pro-Jack-4500-P56C18.aspx
dagofast
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We've got the air/hydraulic rolling lift jack on our Advantage lift. It has easily lifted everything we've got from a full size Chevy truck to a Kia Soul. It came with a couple of height adaptors, I think a pair of 2" and a pair of 6". The adaptors can also be stacked. The rolling jack has made doing brakes and shocks a breeze and kinda makes a 4 post lift the best of both worlds. YMMV of course.
MWitte
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I have an Atlas lift with 2 sliding bridge jacks. They take a little effort to slide into place, but not as much as I feared. The arm width is just barely enough for a C5 Corvette - you have to place the car perfectly centered. I couldn't imagine working without them. Cars are very stable with both ends up on the bridge jacks.
geoffro5
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I’ve found if you try and jack under the sill panels you get closer to the centre of the hoist where bendpak says the hoist has less strength. Under the suspension or chassis rails is closer to the end where the hoist has its maximum rating.
MoonShiner
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Has anyone used an Advantage jack on a Bendpak HD-9?
Someone in another thread recently posted that a certain other brand bridge jack fit the bendpak HD-9. I forget which brand. Best to find that thread so you can confirm the brand. One person bought a different brand bridge jack to try based on some research and studying but it did not fit. The bendpak jacks cost too much and the arms don’t extend wide enough to fit rocker panel jack points.
c39er
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I have two RJ7 jacks and use the heck out of them...no issues at all..center of lift ..no deflection.
Cryptic1911
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we've had a bendpak rj45 on ours since we got it, and it's worth having
SJW
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Couple of thoughts, for what they are worth:
* I thought you were supposed to lift the vehicle using a bridge jack via the axle. I want to say that you could do it via the lifting points, but that the axle was preferred.
* Regarding using one manufacturer's bridge jack on a different manufacturer's lift, I am skeptical <b>unless</b> the bridge jack was designed specifically to work on lifts from other manufacturers. Paying more money is always disappointing, but it beats the heck out of having my vehicle slip off the bridge jack or, even worse, fall on me.
* I thought you were supposed to lift the vehicle using a bridge jack via the axle. I want to say that you could do it via the lifting points, but that the axle was preferred.
* Regarding using one manufacturer's bridge jack on a different manufacturer's lift, I am skeptical <b>unless</b> the bridge jack was designed specifically to work on lifts from other manufacturers. Paying more money is always disappointing, but it beats the heck out of having my vehicle slip off the bridge jack or, even worse, fall on me.
LPD ret
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I have an Advantage 4 post and their bridge jack. The tracks have a lip/rail along the inside that the wheels of the jack engage. These are 36" apart on the 9000 lb. lift. The wheel width is adjustable on the bridge jack and would easily span 40" and would work if your lift has rails or a lip along the inside of the tracks.
LX-Markham
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I've got the RJ45. Indispensable on a 4-post lift IMO.
I've never had any issues with the reach of the arms, but then again I work on american cars and lift from subframe or suspension points.
Only complaint I had about the RJ45 is the wheels were painted and seized. Took some work to free them up.
I've never had any issues with the reach of the arms, but then again I work on american cars and lift from subframe or suspension points.
Only complaint I had about the RJ45 is the wheels were painted and seized. Took some work to free them up.
RubiconJK01
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Hi Guys...
New here and have a deposit on the Advantage Lift XLT. Wondering if any of you have the air or manual operated bridge jack and if you could give me the real deal on the max clearance it needs with any of the rubber pads removed obviously for clearance. I am told just under 3 inches from the company but wanted a real world number.
Thanks J!
New here and have a deposit on the Advantage Lift XLT. Wondering if any of you have the air or manual operated bridge jack and if you could give me the real deal on the max clearance it needs with any of the rubber pads removed obviously for clearance. I am told just under 3 inches from the company but wanted a real world number.
Thanks J!
Chevy-SS
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3 inches sounds about right. Removing the rubber pads might get you 1/4" or 1/2", that's all.
My lift is Challenger 9,000 lb capacity, extra tall. I have two rolling jacks, RJ45 and RJ35, both manual pump. I thought about getting the air powered pumps, but honestly it only takes about one minute to jack up anything, and the manual pumps give very fine control, which comes in handy sometimes.
If you're worried about lowered vehicles, well, you're right to be worried, but my last 'toy' car was 2008 Corvette and it went over the jacks with room to spare, but the car was stock height. For lowered vehicles, you'd definitely want to use caution.
Hope this helps.
Andy Kraus
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Hi
I just finished assembling my XLT and bridge jack. If I remember I can take some Pictures with a tape measure for you sometime this weekend.
I just finished assembling my XLT and bridge jack. If I remember I can take some Pictures with a tape measure for you sometime this weekend.
What type of extensions did you (and pbon) go with, possible I could need wider at some point.
There is a company that makes them - SVI. A pair of 9” extensions are about $300. You could probably make your own also. The SVI droop a little and derate the lift substantially. I don’t really like the way they fit but they get the job done.
If you don’t already have the jack look into the other brand that fits. Maybe it goes wider.
If you don’t already have the jack look into the other brand that fits. Maybe it goes wider.
mike93lx
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Have two RJ-45 jacks on my BP lift. The lift and jacks have been great. I contacted SVI International about the extension arms and unfortunately the price has doubled again, with a quote for a pair at over $650 per pair. Will jack a frame points and, if I need to move the RJ-45 jacks from the work area, will put jacks on the lift runners under the rocker panel lift points. Lot cheaper for jack stands, etc. than the inflated cost of the SVI extensions.