Hydraulic Floor Jack Maintenance

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Hydraulic floor jack maintenance. During shipping and handling or after topping up with oil jacks may have air trapped in the hydraulic system. Anytime you are going to be working on or maintaining your hydraulic floor jack it must be clean before starting. At this link you will find one man s description of how he rejuvenated his twenty five year old jack by flushing its insides with a solvent letting it dry completely and filling it with fresh hydraulic jack fluid.

When this occurs the pumping action can beco. Use shop rags to wipe down the cylinders thoroughly before you open any. You can cut down on that by storing the jack in a place that s away from dust as far as possible and where moisture won t creep in as it can affect the metal parts.

I did find one manual for a floor jack that said the fluid should be changed every year. If any type of debris or dirt gets into the hydraulic fluid it can do a lot of damage to the inside of the cylinders.