Harbor Freight Scissor Lift

tamathumper · 2012-04-16T06:02:29-05:00

Here's a couple of photos of my car up on the Harbor Freight 6,000 Lb Scissor Lift. They have a short lift, and a mid-lift, and this is the mid-lift. http://www.allenlook.com/images/forums/car_on_lift.jpg There is just enough room under there to be comfortable working overhead from your knees, or on a little roller stool. My garage height (with the gantry crane overhead) would not allow me much more lift than this anyway, and the real reason I bought it is that it's portable so I can take it to my next house. I can't tell if there is deflection in the back lift arm or not, (it looks like it) under the passenger rear, but I give it the woolly eyeball every time I walk by, and there are no less than four 2-Ton jackstands under the car too, just in case something goes wonky with this thing. http://www.allenlook.com/images/forums/car_on_lift_2.jpg I notice that the car tends to be a bit "nose down" due to the lift points in the rear being lower than the very front of the frame rails in the front. I did not want to use the "safe points" in the front of the car due to them being collapsible on the 944 I had, and there is no good information on using them for the 968.

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Harbor Freight Scissor Lift

tamathumper
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06-17-2012, 06:15 PM

There's a ratchet that locks as the jack rises, and the normal mode of operation is to raise the jack just above where you want it, and then to lower it onto the ratchet.

But, I still use the jack stands as a backup, as I would with any lift.

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