Pretty sure I'm buying a JEGS 80006 floor jack. I'd like to buy everything at once (and also plug the floor jack topic, since it keeps dying), grease, grease gun, jack, chocks, etc..
The online instructions say to apply grease about once a month, or as needed, and to use general purpose grease. One YT'er recommended Coastal Marine grease. I think any grease with waterproofing and low-temperature performance would be best (from what I've read so far, aluminium and Calcium Sulfonate are what I should look for). The weather can't be trusted to not go below -23 C in the next week; it's going to be stored in a garage eventually, which means temperature exposure in a non-insulated environment.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performance+Products/555/80006/10002/-1
Hydraulic fluid isn't important, since if it's leaking, it's going to be because of an external leak and will require servicing that can't be done by the end user (according to the manual, anyway). "Use Chevron Hydraulic Oil AW ISO 32 or its equivalent Unocal Unax AW 150."
http://www.penriteoil.com.au/tech_pdfs_new/Grease_brochure.pdf
Sounds like Calcium-complex would be best, maybe? Thoughts?
The online instructions say to apply grease about once a month, or as needed, and to use general purpose grease. One YT'er recommended Coastal Marine grease. I think any grease with waterproofing and low-temperature performance would be best (from what I've read so far, aluminium and Calcium Sulfonate are what I should look for). The weather can't be trusted to not go below -23 C in the next week; it's going to be stored in a garage eventually, which means temperature exposure in a non-insulated environment.
http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS+Performance+Products/555/80006/10002/-1
Hydraulic fluid isn't important, since if it's leaking, it's going to be because of an external leak and will require servicing that can't be done by the end user (according to the manual, anyway). "Use Chevron Hydraulic Oil AW ISO 32 or its equivalent Unocal Unax AW 150."
http://www.penriteoil.com.au/tech_pdfs_new/Grease_brochure.pdf
Sounds like Calcium-complex would be best, maybe? Thoughts?
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