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Stock Jack bent on me.. is this normal?

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Old 06-05-2009, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by randy021186
same thing happened to me the first time, like the car moved as soon as off the ground,
the second time i just put the car trough all the gears and no problem
 
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Old 07-25-2009, 01:17 PM
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stock jack totally collapsed on me last weekend. just bought a new jack at sears, 25 bucks and its worth keeping it around
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 12:35 AM
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I used my stock jack the other day to inspect some stuff after I hit a curb to avoid a car. It worked fine :O, I did forget to put the hand brake on. I sprayed some silicon spray all over the joints and stuff to keep it lubed. When I am going to do my oil change I am going to use it as a backup while using my rhino ramps.
 
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Old 08-10-2009, 01:50 AM
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It may be nissan crappy jacks. I've snapped and bent 2 G jacks, collapsed a Z jack, and bent a maxima jack.

All proper jack points and done properly.

My first G jack snapped because I just used that damn thing soooo many times that the structural integrity gave in.
 
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Old 08-11-2009, 08:53 AM
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i've bent many a jacks do to the stress put on it when trying to raise a slamm'd car. depending on whether your car is lower'd & where you placed the jack, it happens...their cheap, but expensive jacks...
 
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Old 08-11-2009, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by LEON NYC
never heard of a problem with the stock jack, but i would drove those 2 blocks especially on stock wheels, if it was aftermarkets i would proceed how you did, theres plenty of quality jacks online
Well what do you know 3-4 months later, my friends G37 stock jack collapsed on him, and the front right rotor when right onto the pavement....he got it back up before I got there to help, luckily no damage to the rotor, but it's still dangerous cause I know some of you like to crawl under while working or checking something minor....
 
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