Craftsman Jackstands Suck

[Jamlee16]

Man I was rebuilding my frontend the other week and the freaking Sears Craftsman 2-ton Jackstand almost killed me. The stands were placed on my chassis while I was replacing some bushings, the moment I step outside the garage, BAM hits the ground. Destroying my driverside control arm and cracking my brake housing (drums). I was so pissed. Raised some hell up at Sears. I'm now the proud owner of a brandnew set of Am Pro 3-ton Jackstands and Floor Jack. I will never again buy a cheap set of Jackstands. The I could have died part isn't as bad as replacing parts broken because of cheap tools. Be careful when choosing whats holding your car up people.

[ju015dd]

damn man, that makes me not want to get back up under my car.

[jlaw]

Damn, glad you weren't hurt. That's every amateur mechanic's nightmare. I guess redundancy should become practice.

[SloNLo_350]

awe man, that is scary!! Glad you weren't under it though.

Good thing Brett has those quality $14.99 jackstands with the Spanish instructions on them!! :mrgreen:

[shock6791]

hmm, kind of makes me weary of my craftsman jackstands...of course, I have the SUV ones, so maybe they will be ok holding my car up...

[Baldy]

how exactly did it fail? I mean, what aspect of it failed?

[ju015dd]

thats why i keep the jack still under her with the stands. cant have to many! :tu:

[tedness]

hmm i used to go under our craftsmen all the time on my old 3200lb camry wagon. maybe just some sets dont pass testing like they should.

[96s10]

my craftsman stands held up my truck for 4 months with no problems :shrug:

[brandboZ28]

My car has spent plenty of time on Craftsman jackstands. :lol:

[BreBar21]

Good thing Brett has those quality $14.99 jackstands with the Spanish instructions on them!! :mrgreen:

Yeah, I don't think I will ever support my car with those.

[NotoriousGreaseMonkey]

I love my 12,000 pound lifts ..hehehe
Frank

[ExtremeMT]

Is your ranger possibly silver?