MaxJax on Jay Lenos Garage= wtf

[pac man]

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/more-video/maxjax-portable-lift-system/

I was going to make a list of all the screw ups, bad information and safety issues in this video, but I don't have 2 full days to do it. Its a good watch if you want a laugh... especially if you own a maxjax.

 

[Daddy_Rabbit]

other than calling the hydraulic system a "compressor" what else was a goof up?

 

[nissan_crawler]

other than calling the hydraulic system a "compressor" what else was a goof up?

x2. The only thing I really saw was not shaking it before lifting it all the way up.

What are these awful safety issues?

 

[Hybridss]

I saw two additional issues.
1) they installed the bolts with an impact. Not a good idea IMO and against Danmar instructions from what I recall
2) as they were lifting Jays priceless Mopar....the guy runs over and takes a big breaker bar off the top of the Maxjax. It could have hit someone on the head or ever worse...dented Jays car...lol.

 

[nissan_crawler]

I saw two additional issues.
1) they installed the bolts with an impact. Not a good idea IMO and against Danmar instructions from what I recall
2) as they were lifting Jays priceless Mopar....the guy runs over and takes a big breaker bar off the top of the Maxjax. It could have hit someone on the head or ever worse...dented Jays car...lol.

1...I get your point, but I don't think they were fully tightened. Notice how the video blips right after that? I made the assumption they were torqued up after that. They should have explained that, though.

2. That's a safety bar. Look at the lift before he moves it, and you can't see the hole. In the shot after he moves it, you can see the hole where it goes.

 

[Hybridss]

1...I get your point, but I don't think they were fully tightened. Notice how the video blips right after that? I made the assumption they were torqued up after that. They should have explained that, though.

2. That's a safety bar. Look at the lift before he moves it, and you can't see the hole. In the shot after he moves it, you can see the hole where it goes.

yeah that was the safety bar. Good eye.

But he was hammering on those bolts with the impact.

 

[Shadowdog500]

I wonder if the bolt at 6:03 is cross threaded? That impact is doing an awful lot of work to slowly wind that one bolt in.

Chris

 

[pac man]

Blowing those bolts down with an impact is a great way to unseat those anchors. Not to mention not even properly torquing them.

What if someone at home mimics that and the anchors fail with that person under the car?

 

[Justanoldguy]

Geeze.

Must be some what boring for you guys today ...
Get out in the garage and build something ..

 

[Daddy_Rabbit]

Geeze.

Must be some what boring for you guys today ...
Get out in the garage and build something ..

for real ...

 

[palestar]

Geeze.

Must be some what boring for you guys today ...
Get out in the garage and build something ..

Exactly what I was thinking!

 

[BJ42LX]

Yes, the impact.

Notice the guy driving the first bolt at 3:10. He's really leaning on it, which means there was a lot of resistance. Then when he pulls the wrench off there's still about a 1/4" to go before it's holding anything. I bet the threads were fawked up.

Jay was doing this as a demo. That's never going to get any use and was probably hauled out of there after the shoot was complete.

 

[holdover]

What I liked best about this video is Jay laying down and setting the lift arms. I think he is really a down in the dirt guy like us and uses his night job to support his real love, vehicles

 

[BJ42LX]

What I liked best about this video is Jay laying down and setting the lift arms. I think he is really a down in the dirt guy like us and uses his night job to support his real love, vehicles

100% all day long.

That's why he still does regular comedy clubs from time to time. He just likes doing it. He makes something like $30M per year for the Tonight Show. Yet there are plenty of stories about finding him on the side of the road with a broken (insert old car brand/model here).

I like to think that's how I'd roll if I were ... rolling in it.

 

[ZRX61]

100% all day long.

That's why he still does regular comedy clubs from time to time. He just likes doing it. He makes something like $30M per year for the Tonight Show. Yet there are plenty of stories about finding him on the side of the road with a broken (insert old car brand/model here).

I like to think that's how I'd roll if I were ... rolling in it.

He broke down on the 101 a few years back, tow truck said they'd be there in 45 minutes so he ordered a pizza as they garanteed delivery in 30minutes or less....

Apparently he banks the $$ from the Tonight Show gig & lives off his appearance fees.

 

[Shadowdog500]

He broke down on the 101 a few years back, tow truck said they'd be there in 45 minutes so he ordered a pizza as they garanteed delivery in 30minutes or less....

Apparently he banks the $$ from the Tonight Show gig & lives off his appearance fees.

Jay used to deliver Pizza for Santillo's in Elizabeth NJ. Damn good pizza!

Chris

 

[mikeceli]

My Brother and I have seen Jay at a few car shows.

Like a true car guy, dosen't seem to be big into cloths. Blue jeans and denium shirt, every time.

Like me and my 3 / $7.oo black pocket "T" shirts. (I have more cars, than pants)

I'll bet his garage becomes a Museame (SP) after he passes (may that be a LONG time)

 

[JCQuick]

no one brought up that the girl said "those that are less than 8"" wonder what she was thinking about

Yeah Jay calling the hyd pump a compressor was killin me but I do beleive hes a real deal gear head

 

[pac man]

no one brought up that the girl said "those that are less than 8"" wonder what she was thinking about

Yeah Jay calling the hyd pump a compressor was killin me but I do beleive hes a real deal gear head

haha yeah not once but twice... and that dannmar rep didn't even correct him. I got a kick out of that... she just starts talking about the leak free hoses. lol.

 

[nate379]

Sleeping under the car... **** you'd have time to get a full nap before the car was lifted! Why is that thing so slow?

 

[Skin]

rumor has it he use to repair bikes in boston. Seems like a really nice guy and holy hell is he rich. Wouldnt mind a stroll through his collection.

 

[pac man]

Sleeping under the car... **** you'd have time to get a full nap before the car was lifted! Why is that thing so slow?

it runs off 110. Mine doesn't seem too bad.

 

[Fiberglass Fred]

That's why he still does regular comedy clubs from time to time. He just likes doing it. He makes something like $30M per year for the Tonight Show.

Actually, he saves every penny he gets from NBC. He only spends the money he gets from public appearances (comedy clubs, Vegas shows, commercials, etc).




“I had two jobs as a kid, one at a fast-food restaurant and one at a Ford dealership. And I’d put the money from one job in one pocket and spend it. And the other paycheck I’d save,” he says. “I do that now. I have always banked my Tonight Show money and lived off the stand-up. I have one credit card, no mortgage, and I don’t lease.” — USA Today, 7/16/2008

 

[Joe69]

I'd like to have something like that lift, but am I the only one that has safety concerns? It seems like they are asking a lot from those concrete anchors. If they fail, the car would come crashing down on you.

Joe

 

[pac man]

I'd like to have something like that lift, but am I the only one that has safety concerns? It seems like they are asking a lot from those concrete anchors. If they fail, the car would come crashing down on you.

Joe

With the maximum of 6000 lbs of load on the lift, each rear most anchor has approximately 3300 lbs of tension on it.
Each of the front two bolts have 900 lbs of tension and 3200 lbs of compression.

EACH anchor is rated to 12,580 lbs of tension.

EACH anchor's actual failure point (properly installed in 3000 psi 4" thick concrete) is 22,806 lbs.

So there is actually a fairly hefty safety factor. Of course if you do something stupid like blow the bolts into the anchors with an impact and you shock the anchors so much they spin in the concrete and unseat...you may have a problem.

http://www.maxjaxusa.com/faqs/common-concerns.html

 

[creativecars]

I'd like to have something like that lift, but am I the only one that has safety concerns? It seems like they are asking a lot from those concrete anchors. If they fail, the car would come crashing down on you.

Joe

Joe, Odd things can always happen, but most lifts are installed much the same way, some with fewer anchors than that. The first installs, on above ground twin post, years ago made me think the same thing, now it is standard proceedure and they have a very good track record.