HF Engine Hoist Mods

[243]

I borrowed a family members HF hoist recently to pull my engine and realized as I was hooked up that the hoist arm needed to be extended. Off to the garage for wrenches to remove the bolt to extend the arm. When I was finished I found that some clip pins were missing from the folding leg pins.

I also noticed that when folded up the hoist arm sticks out quite a bit adding about another foot or more to the footprint of the hoist. I grabbed a pin and a clip and went to Tractor Supply and bought two top link pins and pack of clip pins.

I replaced the bolts in the hoist arm and at the top of the ram. No tools needed when I need to adjust the hoist arm and when the ram lays back flat to the hoist frame, the hoist arm folds down to almost vertical.

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[MONGOH53E]

Did the same thing to mine. But I use hitch pins on alot of thing to make it easier. Never thought to post the mod.

 

[nissan_crawler]

The hoist arm on mine went right up against the ram out of the box.

 

[KustomZ]

The hoist arm on mine went right up against the ram out of the box.

Mine too! Guess I'm not following the advantage to a pin on top of the ram since there is no need to disconnect it.

 

[goodfellow]

Mine too! Guess I'm not following the advantage to a pin on top of the ram since there is no need to disconnect it.

Maybe there is a difference in ram placement between the foldable and fixed versions of that hoist. I have the foldable model and the ram in tight againt the frame.

 

[243]

It could be that my Chinese version is different than what ya'll are using.

 

[KustomZ]

I have the same model as in the picture.

 

[nissan_crawler]

I do too....

 

[Frank]

Due to limited space, when I store mine, I unbolt the arm from the ram and stand it straight up. Then I use a small ratchet strap to tie the arm and legs all together so the arm can't come down on your head. Using one of this hitch pins will make it quicker. I like it.

Just another tip