Landslide
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So, I have a 2 ton walker (branded Lincoln I think) floor jack I bought new 20 something years ago and a 80’s Sears 1-1/2 ton I bought new back in the day. The walker is USA made and the Sears is made in Japan. Both are rebuildable and have kits available on amazon
I’m starting on the Walker first as it won’t do anything anymore and I can still use my Sears one to a degree is needed.
There are videos on YouTube that show pretty good process on rebuilding them. There’s really not much to it once you dig into the workings of them. No instructions come in the rebuild kits.
I got my Walker jack apart and in the reassembly phase now. The main issue with these jacks is the piston packing seal just falls apart over time. Mine was cracked and while removing it came apart in pieces. Most everything else looked good.
I don’t abuse my jacks like leaving them outside in the rain or power washing stuff off on the jack or washing the jack type stuff. So there’s not much clean up or restoration needed.
There’s a large 1-3/4” hex nut on the threaded cap that holds the fluid reservoir and piston bore hole with wiper seal. I got it off with a big wrench and dead blow hammer but can’t use this for assembly. So I ordered a never used Snap on 1-3/4” impact socket off of eBay for $30. It’ll match all the rest of my impact sockets I bought from snap on 30 plus years ago, just don’t have one this large.
I went out and bought new hydraulic floor jack oil for the rebuilds. I wanted the correct viscosity oil for the jacks.
Waiting on the socket and then finish assembly on the walker jack.
I’m starting on the Walker first as it won’t do anything anymore and I can still use my Sears one to a degree is needed.
There are videos on YouTube that show pretty good process on rebuilding them. There’s really not much to it once you dig into the workings of them. No instructions come in the rebuild kits.
I got my Walker jack apart and in the reassembly phase now. The main issue with these jacks is the piston packing seal just falls apart over time. Mine was cracked and while removing it came apart in pieces. Most everything else looked good.
I don’t abuse my jacks like leaving them outside in the rain or power washing stuff off on the jack or washing the jack type stuff. So there’s not much clean up or restoration needed.
There’s a large 1-3/4” hex nut on the threaded cap that holds the fluid reservoir and piston bore hole with wiper seal. I got it off with a big wrench and dead blow hammer but can’t use this for assembly. So I ordered a never used Snap on 1-3/4” impact socket off of eBay for $30. It’ll match all the rest of my impact sockets I bought from snap on 30 plus years ago, just don’t have one this large.
I went out and bought new hydraulic floor jack oil for the rebuilds. I wanted the correct viscosity oil for the jacks.
Waiting on the socket and then finish assembly on the walker jack.