HF Pittsburgh 6-ton recall part number 61197

[SGKent]

Bay owners with Heavy duty HF Pittsburgh 6 ton jack stands part number 61197 . Recall going. I mention it here in the Bay forum because usually Beetle, Thing, 411/412, and 914 etc owners don't have the large 6-ton jack stands like bus owners do. Almost 500,000 being recalled.

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2020/RCLRPT-20E016-6561.PDF
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[airschooled]

Does anyone have a picture of these jack stands?
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[Ricache]

I have the 3 tons. No issues and the teeth look fine.

Here are the 6 tons.

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[jtauxe]

The only Harbor Freight stuff with the PITTSBURGH brand that I have seen is complete junk. I'll never buy that brand again.
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[SGKent]

please don't turn this into a seller thread. It was simply to advise bus owners and others they are at serious risk if they have these units.
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[Brian]

[Busstom]

[bnam]

I happen to have 2 pairs of the HF 6 ton jack stands. Both bought within a few weeks of each other nearly 8-9 years ago. One pair (ending in 97) was affected by the recall and the other was not. So I thought I'd do a comparison of the 2.

At a quick glance they look identical, but there are differences indicating the are of probably different manf sources.

I compared the pawls and the ratcheting posts. The pawl on both looked pretty much the same. But, a different story on the posts. Here're a couple of pics. Good post is on the right. Note the deeper, cleaner teeth.

Here's a close up of the recalled post. Note the casting flash that reduces the depth on some teeth.

I've used these stands for 8-9 years now. I've moved these with me to India when we moved 6 years ago. So returning this pair is not an option. I will clean up the teeth. And make the other pair my primary ones.

Thought I'd post if anyone else was wondering why the recall. And, while I could not get my "bad" stand to collapse, I may not have tried it on its worst teeth. And, there may be stand out there with worse castings. So, do check.
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[orwell84]

Wong Dong province butter steel.

Don’t send them back. They’ll only get melted down and made into bendy high performance counter weighted crankshafts. Wotts of out of wound.

[SGKent]