#QuickJack
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- Dave unboxes and sets up a @quickjackusa QuickJack 5000TLX vehicle lift. Not everything goes according to plan or to the manual - and it takes more than one round to get it all set up and tested. Was the QuickJack worth it? Absolutely! Any DIYer who tires of a floor jack and jack stands should consider a QuickJack for their own garage - it gives ample clearance for brake jobs, tire rotations, and oil changes, to mention only a few.
This is an honest, blow-by-blow account of Dave's set up experience, including a few hiccups and a defective part. It may not be as polished as others, but it is a "real world" experience - warts and all!!
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DIYDave is an ambitious do-it-yourselfer who is willing to jump in and try almost any kind of repair or project himself. It doesn't always go smoothly, but learning is part of the fun! Email Dave at davethedoityourselfer@gmail.com
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Everyone: Regarding the support ticket for the leaking fitting...It's been nearly THREE WEEKS since I opened a support ticket with QuickJack and they *still* have not sent me a replacement. I've made *three* phone calls, two prior orders were apparently lost, and a third order has been pending transfer from QuickJack to FedEx to be shipped - and that was three days ago!!! I know a lot of businesses are facing staffing challenges, but it shouldn't take three weeks to get a legitimate warranty claim handled on a simple pipe fitting. Please get this fixed, #QuickJack!!
The new fitting finally arrived the other day. Work has been kinda nuts so I haven't had a chance to get it put together. Will let you know!
Fitting installed and Jack is working perfectly now!!
Thank you for showing the first lift in real time, as the lift actuated in 10+ second before it moved. That was a key concern for me. Great vid!
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative video Dave! Im ordering this model this week myself! Appreciate this info as a heads up!!!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
For anyone else looking for a solution to the bleeder screw situation Dave ran into, its a 3/16 for the Allen head size for the bleeder screws, not a 5mm, its been updated since. The online owners manual is a newer version than the printed manual that ships with the unit, which still calls for a 5mm.
Also, if you use thread sealant as shown in this video (instead of thread tape), it needs 24 hours approx, to cure, depending on temp and humidity. Otherwise it will leak and you will have a lot less fun.
Great information and thanks for sharing!!
Great video!!! Thanks for having us along with putting together your new toy/tool. Wife gave me the green light and she also purchased it online for me. I am looking to have it at my door in a week. 👏👏👏👏🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Fantastic! Enjoy!!
The thread sealer takes 24hours to set up. It's not mentioned in the older manuals. Use heavy duty plumbers tape instead. Align the lift piston toward engine where the most weight is. Attn Porsche owners. The Allen key is 3/16. I don't own these but I have installed 4 of them for friends and customers.
Several people have mentioned the direction of the piston. According to QuickJack, you can use it either direction. For me, the Allen key size was as stated in the video. Thanks for posting and watching!
Ya thread sealant takes a minimum of 24 hours. If you rush it, it more than likely will leak
Per the newer manuals, don't overpressurize your air cylinders
That thing is gonna make your life so much easier.
I sure think so!! Looking forward to some warmer weather. Hoping to get a garage heater installed (and do a video on that one) so I can do some work inside on the new jack!! Thanks for watching!!
I think I would still have a belt and suspenders moment and put Jack stands somewhere! Thanks for the video - learning a lot!
You're most welcome!! Thanks for watching!
I just assembled mine and used a 3/16" Allen key. I think the problem might be that everything is powder-coated and the internal hex is just tight with paint. The 4.5mm key I tried was very loose, because it's 0.26mm (10thou) smaller than a 3/16" imperial key. I just lined it up and tapped it in and out a couple of times.
I've seen lots of people have issues with leaks using the liquid sealer. Use teflon tape for the sealant. Quickjacks used to come with teflon tape, thats what mine came with 3 years go and I had no issues with leaks using only the teflon tape.
Quickjack recently changed to the liquid sealant.
One thing about the liquid sealant is that it takes around 24 hours to cure so if you use it sooner than that, it can leak. Not sure why they went from teflon to the liquid sealant.
I prefer using teflon tape over a liquid sealant, as it is not any more difficult and is ready to use immediately.
I will give that a try!!! Thanks!! I've made t three calls to QuickJack to get the replacement fitting and it still hasn't arrived..grrr...
You’re right it definitely takes 24 hours to cure the sealant. In another video they explain why they went to the liquid. Some people were leaving Teflon tape protruding over the hole which then fragments went into the pump and caused damage or cause malfunction. They mentioned you could still use the Teflon tape with the Sealant if you’re very careful.
@@Good-luck-Jonathan Well the frustrating thing is the manual says to look at the bottle for curing time, but then the bottle shipped with my jack says look at the manual shipped with the product... Totally circular. I had no idea how long to wait, and all other fittings worked just fine.
@@DIYDaveOK @quickjack I'm going to put mine together soon but maybe they can chime in on that manual being confusing on cure times.
@@Good-luck-Jonathan I would LOVE for them to toss in some info on that. I'm guessing they buy bulk thread sealant from varying companies and each variety has its own curing time, so they don't put it in the manual. They also need to fix the size of the Allen key for bleeding the hydraulic cylinders!!
What a great video explaining this jack. The mic noise was not that bad I was able to understand you by turning the volume up during that part of the video. Love all your videos. Thank you for making them.
Thanks, Jorge!!! Appreciate the kind words!
Make damn certain both safety arms have travelled far enough to engage. Don't look at one side and assume it's all good. Listen for both positive clicks.
Oh, absolutely!! I don't get under the thing unless I see that both locks are engaged, and fortunately they hardly ever engage at *exactly* the same time - hence two distinct engagement clicks are always noticable! Thanks for watching!
@@DIYDaveOK Was also about to mention to always keep lifting until BOTH safety arms engage, as I watched another video of a QJ failure where the other safety arm did not engage, and the car tipped over. But since I found the comment that I was going to comment, I shall reserve it as a reminder to myself :)
if you are speaking extemporaneously then you should speak in public for a living. nice pace, clear annunciation and info. You my friend are a born teacher
Bless your heart!! Thank you for the kind words!! Yes, all my comments are extemporaneous, and I very much appreciate your generous compliment!!
I had the same issue with the bleeding screws. It is possible to wiggle in the 5mm allen wrench......if you're determined to make it fit. I did!
Great video. Yes, it was 4.5 hex ! So my lifts will not come down with no weight on them . Is that a bleed problem? Help
My first guess would be that the air cylinders aren't pressurized correctly. Be careful not overfill (over pressurize) them!
ok i'll check.....
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bro, you have to let the thread sealer set for a day or 2 before use, otherwise it'll leak. And you're using it backwards, on front engine cars the piston should push towards the front of the car.
Actually, I did some checking on the direction issue and QJ says you can use it either direction. Neither my manual not my bottle of thread sealer had any curing time listed. My other fittings didn't have any problems. Thanks for watching!!
Thank you for the significant effort of producing this film! Do you still endorse it?
@@dmitry7908 Absolutely!! I used my Quickjack on a video I hope to edit and release in a week or two working on my mom's Buick. Thanks!!
Need some help please. Without pressing the down button, I can stand on one ramp and it will slightly lower while the other will slightly raise. Is it normal or something is failure?
Hmm sounds like you might need to adjust the pressure in the pneumatic arms..suspect they're not even.
superb video i thank you
Thanks very much! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!!
Dave ! My lifts will not come down!!! with no weight on them . Is that a bleeding problem? Help
I'd normally suspect the pneumatic cylinders don't have enough air pressure! Just be careful adding more, sure don't want to *over* pressure them! Hope you get it solved!
Hey Dave , great video . I had the same leak with my unit . I unscrewed it and cleaned off the first application of teflon tape , reapplied the teflon tape going around the fitting 3 times . I reconnected it to the coupler and no leaks . Hopefully this will work for you.
I actually got a replacement fitting from Quick Jack and that solved the problem. Thanks for watching!
Crescent or open ended wrench would work a whooooole lot better than pliers on the main unit fittings.
Fair point. What you don't see on the video is that the assembly spanned several days due to the holidays and an untimely stretch of really cold weather, and I wasn't as well organized with my tools at times. I actually had all the wrenches sized up and used them initially but cut some of that detail to shorten the video....
One thing to note, the hydraulic cylinder should point at the engine, the left lift should be on the driver side on a front-engine car, and the right on the passenger side. Also, I used gray Oatey thread tape and no issues, the sealant seems to have issues.
I did wonder about that, but I've seen videos from users orienting the lift as I did. I'd have to think the critical point would merely be a matter of ensuring the car's center of gravity was correctly considered. Thanks for watching.
One other tidbit, QuickJack states that so long as the safety locks are engaged, the rails are to the outside, and the manufacturer lift points are used, the jacks can point either direction.
@@DIYDaveOK I guess it depends on the vehicle. I have seen others where the lifts didn't act as they should when reversed, but when pointing at the engine, it worked as it should. When I had mine reversed on my C7 Corvette, the locks did not engage safely in the first lock, but after reversing, they worked normally. As always, YMMV. 🙂
@@ToddMcMullen I want to set mine up with the cylinders facing the back of the car like Dave has, then I can have the mini-compressor at the front of my garage along with the hoses, so they aren't strewn all across my floor. I've watched about 15 vids to see the way ppl orient their frames and it caries. As long as the locking bars are on the outside of the frames I don't think it matters TBH
I also threw out the sealant that came with the jack (just got my 7000TL yesterday) and used Teflon tape, as I've read the sealant is junk
Got mine set up in about an hour with no problems whatsoever. The supplied thread sealant needs to cure for 24 hours before pressurizing the system, that's probably why yours was leaking.
I only had that one connection leak, and when QJ replaced that connector, the leak stopped.
Bicycle shops have allen key sets with 4.5mm. Common seat bolt size.
Great video and thank you for it! I'm thinking about getting this model but I had seen a review on Amazon that the person said he had a 4100 lbs vehicle and the Quickjack struggled to lift it so he returned it and got the 7000 model which had no problem lifting it. One of my vehicles weighs 4600 lbs so I'm not sure about this model. Have you lifted anything in this weight range with any problems and are you happy with this model? I would really like to stick with this model being it's lighter than the 7000 model.
I've had *no* trouble lifting any of my vehicles with this lift. Actually, despite the ratings, these lifts have been demonstrated to go *well* beyond their rated capacity, although the manufacturer (and I) expressly discourage that 😁. My vehicles are in the 3750-4000 lb range so I would *have* to suspect there may have been a pump or fluid problem with that other person's jack. I would also caution that the 5,000 lb lift is *plenty* heavy enough just to move around and set up, so I wouldn't necessarily go to the next, physically heavier one unless you were *certain* you needed it. (I'm pretty much a weakling so I may not be a good barometer LOL). Ironically, I just set up the jack this morning to change the oil on my mom's car 😁. Thanks so much for watching!
@@DIYDaveOK Thanks for the quick reply and the info Dave and have a nice weekend 😊
You are most welcome! I'm glad to help!
@@DIYDaveOK If you don't mind me asking where did you purchase yours from and how much did you pay for it?
@@bryans8193 Honestly it was a very generous gift and I don't know where it was purchased.
you have a link to the air Gauge ?
I do! This should work...
www.amazon.com/AstroAI-Inflator-Compressor-Accessories-Resolution/dp/B07D3PVBJ4?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1&psc=1
It's a good idea to have jackstands underneath the car just in case the QJ fails
Well, I certainly understand the caution, but when the safety interlocks are engaged, the vehicle's weight is on the steel frame of the QJ; no hydraulics to fail. Not sure where I would put a stand under the vehicle given the car is at a decent height at the first interlock, eg if the car crashed I doubt a stand would "catch" it.
19:01 and 22:40 Did you wait 24hrs for the thread sealant to cure? That’s probably the reason for your leakage.
24:12 You can use 3/16” hex key to bleed the cylinder. This is what it says to use in the latest revision of the manual (Sept 2021 Version B1).
33:58 Your QJ is backwards. The warning plate should be towards the heaviest end of the car: the engine.
I did all the connectors at the same time, but it was the only one that leaked. I opened up a case with BendPak, and they sent me a replacement connector and it was perfect the first time. Thanks!
I may suggest. Buy some 2 x 4's and a sheet of 3/4 plywood and construct a work bench.
I have two work benches already occupied by a chop saw, other tools, battery chargers, and the like. Not sure how one would have helped because I wouldn't have put the lifts on a bench anyway.
Dude 3/16 allen works fine
Good to know. All my Allen wrenches are metric.
Everyone calls it 110. Every outlet in my house read 119.3 to 119.5 volts.
It really is 120/240.
Thanks Dave for posting the video for us shame that experiencing poor customer support seems that’s almost the new norm
Even though the QJ is great to have I still wouldn’t trust going under nieth the car without
Jack stands Just incase thanks for sharing
Once the car is elevated and the locks in place, I always give it a "wiggle test" and the car is rock solid. Thanks for watching!
There should not be a pair of pliers anywhere near you in this video. Use large box wrenches to tighten hydraulic fittings that will be supporting vehicles.
With the weight of a car on the jacks, a tiny leak from a fitting can easily break the skin and cut flesh because the fluid will be escaping hot and fast. Please tighten fittings as if your life depended on it (because it does).
Appreciate the feedback. Have had no leak issues of any kind once the replacement fitting arrived, and have used it many times this last year with no issues. Thanks for watching!
Maybe you need a magnifying glass
For what?
I'm not sure if you're being constructive or just trying to be a bit of a jerk?
I'd rather use tape ensuring not to allow tape to extend too close to the end of the thread,
All my connections are now fine and haven't leaked at all in the year since I received the replacement fitting from QuickJack. Have used the jack mutliple times since then.
Never use transmission fluid for a jack... Only.. Hydraulic
I used what the manufacturer specified and it has been working great. Thanks.
Pliers?!?!?!?!? OMG! You buy an $1800 lift and you do not own a set of open end wrenches? ? ? ? ?
Yes, I do have a set of open end wrenches. What's your point?