Old school single post

[oilslick]

Heres my first lift a month ago on my rotary single post out of old service station,I resealed it and sandblasted painted,etc. It was free but a lot of work holds 55 gallons of hydraulic oil inside the cyl! Anyway I figure some of you can dig it. I plan a 2 post in next stall over and this to be just for fun. My little porter cable pancake is all I have at the shed right now and she took a couple mins to pick up the ole buick! We just had a baby girl so not much time to work on shed or post on here.

 

[uniballer]

I like the older lifts, and congrats on the new baby!

 

[c39er]

Do you have a safety rod on the lift?

 

[jerseywild]

Looks like you back up until you make contact with the trailer.

 

[madosta]

This is neat.

 

[luvit]

that's cool, man.
i have access to one of these, but wondered if the lift is obstructive to get typical access under the car when compared to 2 or 4post lifts. -- i just want to verify that a single post may not suit me as my main go to lift.

what's your opinion.

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[frankp0723]

I didn't know they could be mounted sideways like that

 

[68 Bird]

Way cool.
I used to work with this type back busting tires in high school. Wish I would have looked for one before I poured my floor. I've always wondered, how deep do you have to go for the cylinder? I don't think I have ever seen how these are configured below surface. Do you have pictures of the install?

 

[Murphy4570]

Must be a real PITA to do trans jobs on RWD vehicles with one of those.

 

[Zeke]

Must be a real PITA to do trans jobs on RWD vehicles with one of those.

Not really. For decades that was the standard of lifts. Muffler shops couldn't use them, but nearly everyone else did. The foot print of the center base allowed for trans service as well as R and R.

 

[Sureshot]

That is what I have. The only thing that I found hard to do was work on a transfer case on a 2500hd. Never tried a ****** though.
I also use mine as an adjustable height table. I use a pallet from a hot tub. You can also load motorcycles and snowmobiles etc in a pickup. Ride them on the pallet, lift to height, drive in truck.

 

[oilslick]

I will dig up some pics of install if I have any. Hopefully they will be right side up!

 

[thightower]

The guy I worked for in high school had one. His was a drive on for front end alignment, used it for everything. Brings back memories

 

[rt dak]

The mechanic shop at a gas station I used to work at in high school had 2 single post lifts. They were pretty good for everything but driveshaft and exhaust work. You could also drive the car in the shop, raise it up, spin it around and drive it out.

 

[luvit]

The mechanic shop at a gas station I used to work at in high school had 2 single post lifts. They were pretty good for everything but driveshaft and exhaust work. You could also drive the car in the shop, raise it up, spin it around and drive it out.

ooooh.. do they all spin like that?

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[rt dak]

ooooh.. do they all spin like that?

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They're the only ones i've ever used so I'm not sure. I would imagine they all spin though.

 

[goodspeed]

I'm pretty certain they don't all spin.

 

[c39er]

These single post lifts should have a pipe that runs up along side the ram that is the safety and also acts to prevent rotation. You rotate the ram a certain amount back and forth as you raise the ram and the ram will come completely out of the casing in the ground after first removing the top ring and seal. Thats how you remove the ram (piston) for servicing.
The complete lift goes into the ground about eight feet. The casing is about 12" in diameter for a air over hydraulic unit. Some where I have the original Rotary service manual that I learned this service info from.

 

[chevy.stroker]

If you ever run across an old lift that has not been used in a long time do yourself a favor and use a backhoe to pull the safety up if it is stuck, instead of the lift. Otherwise you risk splitting the case of the lift.

Ask me how I know?

 

[Sureshot]

Mine also rotates all the way around. To get the cylinder out you need to unbolt the top ring. The ram has a ring on it that centers it and prevents it from coming out.

 

[oilslick]

heres how i got it a couple years ago

 

[moopa]

I like how easy mounting the car to the rotisserie was using the single post lift.

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[c39er]

Here is some of my Rotary Lift original factory service Information pictures I managed to find- kinda cool info!...

 

[DIC]

They're the only ones i've ever used so I'm not sure. I would imagine they all spin though.

I don't think it will spin if it has a safety rod on it...

 

[Slackerzinc]

I have a scaled down one for my bike.
Mine will spin 360 degrees
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I would love to get one for the car too

 

[Zeke]

Ha! Some of the ones I used in the 60's would actually rotate when you didn't want them to. As in while lifting. You sometimes had to guide the thing. Usually the control was in reach. At rest, they were quite a bit more resistant to turning. The safety rod came with the first wave of safety laws. Or so I believe.

 

[Sureshot]

I have a scaled down one for my bike.
Mine will spin 360 degrees
<a href="http://s1159.beta.photobucket.com/user/Slackerzinc/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p630/Slackerzinc/image-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"/></a>
I would love to get one for the car too

Do you have a pic of your base. I cemented 7" casing in the floor of my addition so I can install 5.5" casing as a post with a hydraulic cylinder inside with a pulley/cable system for lifting. I can't decide how to make the base.

 

[PCO6]

In the late 60's my high school auto shop had a few "double post" lifts. Basically one single post for the front of the car and one for the back. They worked well together but you could also operate them independant of one another. I could never understand why you would want to have one end of the car slightly higher or lower than the other end but you could do that with these hoists. I still find it hard to believe you could do that.

One of my classmates screwed up one day and only lifted the rear of a car. He literally looked away while the car was going up. Anyway, we spent the rest of the class and then some getting it down. We learned a lot that day!

 

[camarotoolman]

imo You should have checked into the environmental (EPA) problems with those. They are outlawed in many places. Also it will be a problem when you sell the property. Its been discussed on here before. Iwouldn't let alot of people know about it.

 

[fergus]

Just like BB767s lift....

 

[c39er]

imo You should have checked into the environmental (EPA) problems with those. They are outlawed in many places. Also it will be a problem when you sell the property. Its been discussed on here before. Iwouldn't let alot of people know about it.

An old dozer can leak way more oil in 10 minutes than one of these old single post air over hydraulic lifts can in a year. Have seen that happen a couple times. You get the leak fixed and then back blade over your oily mess and say all fixed, good to go!