Pitbull lift - where can I find a bolt in bottle jack?

[Escorial]

Ok the mess continues. Back in 2021, PB sold me a replacement air oil bottle jack that did not fit.

So I had to send the part that had the lifting cup the jack attached to back to PB to modify, as the jack they sold me did not line up.

After that, I found out that the pressure relief handle was too short, so they also had to modify/extended that.

Now after about 6 times of use, this one leaks. It seems the jack does hold pressure, but it may be leaking from the air motor.

I removed the jack, flushed it, refilled it, and bench tested just the jack. Cycled the rsm up and down using air motor as well as the foot pump.

All seemed well with no leaks.

Reinstalled the jack into the lift, and I now see that the leak may be coming from the air motor!?

Could this be that the jack itself is mounted on an angle on the lift?

Could I just continue to use the material foot pump?

Since it's on an angle, could the air motor be getting oil in it that way?

Could I keep on using the air motor, hoping that the oil would just bleed off?

Now back to the question - I just fond out that PB is out of business, so if I did require any mods after finding a replacement jack, I would have to pay for a welding shop also!

Shown is the replacement jack PB sold me. It's made by a company named
Pit Bull, it's Chinese, and I did find the rep, who of course could not help.

What did you use for a replacement and did it hold tight in w/o any mods?

 

[Little Blue]

That has to be a real problem. Unfortunately I can't make sense of
why this has been going on for years.

Now they are out of business!!!

I guess you can bite the bullet and get someone to possibly help you out. On your $$$ of course.

 

[Mikey]

Not being able to see the whole jack in your picture, it's hard to tell what you have there! But if the jack is just a normal jack set up, I don't know why you couldn't just put a regular jack set up in its place or find a shop that repairs jacks and let them have a go at it!

 

[Escorial]

That has to be a real problem. Unfortunately I can't make sense of
why this has been going on for years.

Now they are out of business!!!

I guess you can bite the bullet and get someone to possibly help you out. On your $$$ of course.

The original pitbull lift has been top of the line for many years, extremely overbuilt and made to last.

The weak point was the various bottle jacks they used over the years. All made in China and all un re-buildable..

When different sources were used they just modified the lift to fit the different bottle jacks used.

That I found out back in 2021 when I had to replace the bottle jack.

I had the bike on the lift overnight and it did not move or leak, so I suspect that the ram seals and manual part of the jack are fine.

Now I just lifted it up and down a few times using the air motor, I did not see any drips so I'll let it set a few hours and re-check.

Hopefully I may have overfilled it a hair.

Probably another issue is lack of use, which does not help.

If indeed I need a new bottle jack I'm going to try and find a USA built one that can be rebuilt.

At least that way I don't have to go through this again.

It's truly a shame that the original PB company closed, as I really believe that they made one of the finest heavy-duty lifts out there.

Prob why they went under, too well built of a product!!

YouTube has videos of it in action on a 2020 Can Am Spyder RT Limited.

 

[Escorial]

Not being able to see the whole jack in your picture, it's hard to tell what you have there! But if the jack is just a normal jack set up, I don't know why you couldn't just put a regular jack set up in its place or find a shop that repairs jacks and let them have a go at it!

@Mikey, My original bottle jack I took to a large hydraulic jack repair shops in the Chicago area, that is when I found out that they will not touch any Chinese built jacks.
Some are actually welded or crimped shut, and ars using what ever O rings, seals, clips, etc that were available at the time.

Basically made to use and toss, not to fix.

On the PB lift, a metal can is welded into part of the lifting mechanism that the top of bottle jack fits into, so a different jack's mounting holes may line up, but the top will not line up.

Pix shown is when I got a replacement bottle jack from PB, it did not line up to the liffting part.

Had to dissamble it and send it back to PB to make a new piece.

 

[SpyderJerry]

I have a Pitbull jack. By the looks of your picture, the base must not be level, or the upper bracket is bent to one side. Any small jack will fit it otherwise.

 

[Mikey]

You need to find yourself a welder &/or fabricator! If you were close to me, I would tell you to bring the whole thing to me, and it would work when I got done!