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The most obvious reason to jack up a car is to change a tire, but other jobs such as inspecting brakes may also require you to get under the vehicle. (Even if you're skinny enough to squeeze ...

Witness the restoration of a 30 to 50-ton hydraulic jack that’s seen better days. Step by step, see how experts bring this heavy-duty tool back to life using advanced techniques and precision.

Jacks are pretty simple; they're pistons that use hydraulic pressure to lift cars (or whatever you're working on) into the air via a system of pipes and chambers. The reason they fail is either ...

Patented by Richard Dudgeon in 1851, hydraulic jacks consist of six main components; a reservoir to hold hydraulic fluid, a pump to draw fluid from the reservoir, a check/release value to direct ...

An arbor press with a big lever and ratchet is very quick to use, while a hydraulic press ... which would be plenty to move the hydraulic jack even if the hand pump would be needed to finish ...