Free hi-lift from my dead uncle's shed, sitting 30+ yrs, safety check/refurb?

[andrew61987]

What should I do (beside the obvious clean/grease moving parts) to make sure this thing is safe for service? I've never owned or used this type of jack before. Should I try to remove all those cotter pins and disassemble when I clean/lube it?

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[tarditi]

Yes - remove the cotter pins and disassemble it a bit there's also a rebuild kit where you can get new shear pins and climbing pins, springs for the climbing pawl mechanism, etc.
http://www.hi-lift.com/accessories/fix-it-kit.html

 

[andrew61987]

Yes - remove the cotter pins and disassemble it a bit there's also a rebuild kit where you can get new shear pins and climbing pins, springs for the climbing pawl mechanism, etc.
http://www.hi-lift.com/accessories/fix-it-kit.html

I will disassemble and clean, but it's not a Hi Lift brand (I was going to put JackAll in the title but I didn't think anybody would know what I was talking about so I went with lower case hi lift). I haven't been able to find a JackAll rebuild kit.