Harbor Freight Jack Stands Recalled

[PLY474]

Harbor Freight Jack Stands Recalled for Risk of Collapsing
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/a32600586/harbor-freight-jack-stands-recalled-for-risk-of-collapsing/
https://images.harborfreight.com/hftweb/recalls/Jack-Stand-Recall-56371_61196_61197.pdf

[kawahonda]

Luckily, my model #s on mine are different!

Thanks for posting.

[Mopar5]

Wonder how they found out? Hope no one was hurt. Call me paranoid but I always have some redundancy when Im under the car ,Like 2 sets of stands or blocking or just having the floor jack left in place just in case.

[Burdar]

I've got some that are over 20 years old that look identical.(not from Harbor Freight)  They are rated at 3 ton.  I bought a couple more about 5 years ago from Sears.  They look identical as well but are rated at 4 ton.    I'm always nervous about being under a car with jack stands.  Stay safe everyone.

[soundcontrol]

Don't like that type, I want a big pin thru the top part.
Mine are rated 5 tons, big and sturdy.

[Daveh]

At least Harbor Freight is owning up to it.  Gotta respect that. 

[GoodysGotaCuda]

I have four of their 6ton stands and a pair of 12ton, never had a problem in ~10 years.

The 12t are sure nice for getting a lot of stable room under the car


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[gzig5]

I had a pair of the 6 ton that were on the list.  Got them two years ago so they actually may have been affected by the worn out tooling, but I never had a problem.  Got my $40 back and used it and a 20% off coupon to get the $135 2000lb engine stand for ~$75.  Now that I have a lift, the two sets of three ton stands I had should suffice.

I can tell you from experience that someone at HF corporate is really hating life, managing this recall.   

[73440]

Checked mine , none from HF.
But only the newest set has a pin that also catches the notch.

[7212Mopar]

I got the HF 3 tons model 69597 that is not on the list. The claw type is not my favorite. I still have a set bought around 1980 that use a pin insert to set height. Only rated for 1/2 ton so cars only.

[kawahonda]

I also prefer the pin type....BUT...

It doesn't matter if you are using redundancy.....

I won't go under a car unless it has (a) non-recalled jack stands (lol) and (b) a floor jack with some pressure.

[cudamadd]

Thank you for posting this very interesting

[soundcontrol]

I won't go under a car unless it has (a) non-recalled jack stands (lol) and (b) a floor jack with some pressure.

Thats what I do also, on top of that, if I take the wheels off, I slide them under the car in a good place.

[Joegrapes]

I had them and turned them in. I hardly used them anyway. I always have 6x6, 4x4 and 2x4 blocks handy and use them as an extra safety measure since the wood can't collapse.

[nsmall]

Well, I have these stands and will return them.  Thanks for sharing.