jarhead jim
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- Mar 16, 2012
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First off I would persnally like to thank Hiball, Nehog and everyone else that helped me with the following jack delema. I couldn't have done it without your knowlege, generosity and help.
I posted a while back about looking for a parts kit for a Hein Werner WS 1-1/2 ton jack. Hiball, Nehog and some others chimed in right away and steered me in the right direction to find schematics and parts for a rebuild kit.
With the jack placed in my large vise I tore it apart, put the new pieces in, filled with oil and nothing worked. No matter how hand tight I tried to turn the tighten/loosen sprocket......I could not get it to pump up. Checked the oil....Even dissasembled the tighten sprocket and investigated it. Everything looked fine.......Starting to get really pissed the 3rd time I tore the entire unit apart. Making sure everything was sitting on paper towels/old t-shirts in the order I tore them apart. I blew out all the oil out of every port. Wiped everything down and inspected. 3 times I did this. At this time I'm abut to lose my temper/mind.
After a few hour time out and a beer I go back, assemble the unit and try again. Nothing. As I'm about to toss this son of a ***** through my window I thought I would take the sprocket tighten/loosen gizmo apart one more time. As I inserted the square shouldered part of the needle thingy back into the hole.....a light came on .......The entire time I thought I was tightening the needle down because I was turning it clockwise......I was loosening the SOB!
The jack works just fine.
Jim
I posted a while back about looking for a parts kit for a Hein Werner WS 1-1/2 ton jack. Hiball, Nehog and some others chimed in right away and steered me in the right direction to find schematics and parts for a rebuild kit.
With the jack placed in my large vise I tore it apart, put the new pieces in, filled with oil and nothing worked. No matter how hand tight I tried to turn the tighten/loosen sprocket......I could not get it to pump up. Checked the oil....Even dissasembled the tighten sprocket and investigated it. Everything looked fine.......Starting to get really pissed the 3rd time I tore the entire unit apart. Making sure everything was sitting on paper towels/old t-shirts in the order I tore them apart. I blew out all the oil out of every port. Wiped everything down and inspected. 3 times I did this. At this time I'm abut to lose my temper/mind.
After a few hour time out and a beer I go back, assemble the unit and try again. Nothing. As I'm about to toss this son of a ***** through my window I thought I would take the sprocket tighten/loosen gizmo apart one more time. As I inserted the square shouldered part of the needle thingy back into the hole.....a light came on .......The entire time I thought I was tightening the needle down because I was turning it clockwise......I was loosening the SOB!
The jack works just fine.
Jim