How to Fix a Pallet Jack that Wont Stay up and Leaks Down Easy Fix

[@Blue2swing]

Thank you! I just bought a broken pallet Jack and have been trying to bring it back to life. Originally, when pumping the handle all the oil would leak out of the small pump piston. I bought new seals for the small pump and the larger ram that you showed. I just finished replacing the seals on the small pump and no more leaks there. I’m waiting for the seals on the lifting ram to arrive, but I noticed that there is an extra seal included that I did not see when I disassembled the ram. Then I watched your video and it all makes sense. I’m missing the blue seal you show all together!! It’s included with the kit I bought ($30 kit geezuz!! I wish I had found your video earlier). But at least now when the kit arrives I know where that extra seal goes. Hopefully it’ll bring this rusty Jack back to life. Thank you so much for your video.

[@luigithebaker]

Use a flashlight, look inside, make sure that old seal is not stuck in the base housing, you may have to use a screwdriver to reach in and pry it out. That seal is the most common issue with pallet jacks. Measure your seal with a pair of calipers and you can probably buy that one seal individually for a few $, i put the measurements and seal type in the vid description. I took my old seal to my local hydraulic shop and they matched it up to a similar one. It was different color than the old brown one but the color doesn't really matter. Maybe someone already took it apart and lost it lol, that's certainly possible.

[@Blue2swing]

​@@luigithebaker When I started disassembling the Hydraulics I found the cap for the lifting Ram loose, as if it had already been removed. I'm assuming someone at the company that I bought the pallet jack from attempted to troubleshoot the Jack and removed the damaged seal. I rebuilt the smaller pump piston already, hopefully this seal is the last piece I need. I unfortunately already paid the $30 for the rebuilt kit (just 2 seals and 2 o-rings). Just waiting for the kit to arrive in the mail. Thanks again.

[@luigithebaker]

@@Blue2swing Did it work out for you? How did the repair go?

[@Blue2swing]

@@luigithebaker Yeh! The pallet Jack is functioning great, Thanks Again for the Video. The company selling the replacement seal for $30 had the seal on back order so I canceled the order and bought a $5 seal off eBay like you recommended. The seal worked out great. The pallet Jack is good as new.

[@alanbrown1345]

Thanks fella👍👍👍

[@fabiofuernmayor8605]

Greetings friend good video, I have a cap brand pallet truck, it lifts without a load but with a load it does not lift, and to go down you have to help it because it does not go down either, which could be my dear, greetings

[@luigithebaker]

probably the seal I show in the video or maybe a cracked housing?

[@elmervidad91]

Do you know the seal # for plunger

[@Joaquin_Ak]

Tnks man, it really help me

[@fabiofuernmayor8605]

I have a case with another pallet truck that lifts perfectly with a load, but you have to help it down... it doesn't come down on its own, it could be my dear friend

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

This video would have been far better without the shaky camera work. Very difficult to see what you were doing.

[@markkoons7488]

Oooh! When I was young I paid good money to experience the world as reproduced by the ol' left hand cell phone camera technique.

[@chrisdaruda9414]

applaud the effort, but get a tripod please, will make a video 1000% better

[@AnthonyHannekom]

😮

[@1dariansdad]

OK.

[@DanielLopez-fg9zc]

You can't see crap fix your lighting. To you I'm sure it looks great. The video is you reaching into the shadows and not explaining much without the visual.

[@teriamborn5247]

You need a steady hand when filming.

[@muhmmadjahangir5497]

Worst camera man