Harbor Freight Jack Stands Recalled !

[MoparGuy68]

I bought a set of the gray Pittsburgh stands last December. After using them a couple times I decided I didn’t trust them, and haven’t used them since January.. The recall just confirms my decision, that I made in January, to switch to US Jack.

I’ve suffered enough while working on my B Body, so I really don’t want its heavy *** crushing me while I’m under it.

I actually did use the horror freight stands after January, come to think of it.. to support the rear end of my torsion bars when slid back. I was pretty confident they were at least good to support part of the weight of a single torsion bar haha.

 

[33 IMP]

Northern tool six tons came in today. Double lock, set height, then a pin goes in to double lock. They actually have a bolt that can be tightened against the ram as a third holding device, but that needs to be redone stronger.
Made in Indiana.



Oh wait, no....... India lol.

 

[DeltaV]

New failure mode...not mentioned in recall??

 

[Fran Blacker]

Think I bought these at sears 25 years ago? 3 ton 6 ton Probably $60 a pair.

 

[DeltaV]

New failure mode...not mentioned in recall??

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Found the article posted for this jack stand:

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/06/14/harbor-freight-jack-stand-failure/

 

[33 IMP]

Ain't buying it. If that was a legit failure, why isn't that stand collapsed?
I smell lawyer and lawsuit. It stinks. I wanna be on the jury.

 

[DeltaV]

Beats me. Maybe he stopped lowering the floor jack when he heard the weld pop as the load transferred from the floor jack to the jack stand? Pure conjecture/speculation on my part.