Floor Jack wheel idea

When mine gets noisy, I find that merely lubing the wheels makes moving the jack remarkably quieter.

Plain old 30W works great for me... depending on use, I need a few drops in each wheel a couple or three times a year.

Try it first, you might be pleasantly surprised... as always, YMMV.

Good Luck!

Erik

What? You can hear a jack being moved?

I just got my first one, haven't had time to figure out what's wrong with it. How are ya gonna whip (slide sideways) that puppy under the vehicle?

SW

That's always a handy move, and sometimes a necessary one.

I'd say pull 'em off and paint all the wheel *except* the tread with bedliner. Would do what lubing it does (I have noticed same thing Erik has) except a bit better.

Dave

How many PSI do those wheels see under load? The contact patch is very small on floor jack wheels so you're probably looking at ~1,000 PSI. Can the proposed material stand up to those loads?

Stealth floor jacks now? I really don't care how much noise it makes when I move it, as long as it DOES move. And the other guy makes a good point about sliding the thing sideways, I do that al the time to get it in just the right spot. I had a chink jack that had plastic wheels that was a lot quieter, too bad the innards didn't stand up. I think I got my 10 bucks worth out of it, though. Iron wheels just stand up better and are eaiser to slide on concrete, too bad about the noise, but that's the least part of its life. Don't think anyone's going on 5 mile hikes towing a floor jack.

Stan

Put your boot down next to the rear wheels (fulcrum) and lever it over, mon.

That's only IF you're not man enough to do it with one wrist. (I guess that screws the lesbian, dunnit?)

-- Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air? -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Damn good point, boy! I didn't think this through.

Yea, I suppose the wheels SHOULD rotate...that might quiet them down some.

The old floor jacks at the garage usually got a good swirt of old differential fluid every month or so - on the axles and on the pivots.

Take the wheels off and coat everything except the wheel treads (and the axle hole, heh).

Dave

You yank the handle first in the direction you want it to slide (moves the back), then whip the handle the other way to slide the front. JR Dweller in the cellar

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Turn up the radio.

Depends on how far down the road you get when a universal joint or a differential fail. :-) Past five miles, you get it towed or pay someone else to fix it. At five miles, you *might* still want to do it yourself after that walk. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

Norco sells nylon wheel kits for their jacks.