Auto Lifts

**JRSully** · #1 11-22-2005, 04:59 AM

Try www.revolutionlifts.com. I bought one and the quality and performance is great. It is made by Rotary, who make most of the commercial lifts in the US. I was able to make a deal with the marketing/sales person at Rotary/Revolution and saved a lot off the list price, he even threw in a caster/wheel kit for nothing. US made and one of the only units that is independently tested by an outside safety firm, paid $500 to have it professionally installed, well worth it. Check www.garagejunkies.com for more info on lifts. Good luck SULLY

GRB · #2 11-22-2005, 05:05 AM

kwhizz - what's wrong with your Superior? I've had mine 4 or 5 years with no problem. When I move I am going to have those weak threaded rods on each end replaced with steel rods.

shor · #3 11-22-2005, 05:35 AM

<font color="red"> ""what's wrong with your Superior?"" </font>
those weak threaded rods on each end!

**kwhizz** · #4 11-22-2005, 04:43 PM

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kwhizz - what's wrong with your Superior? I've had mine 4 or 5 years with no problem. When I move I am going to have those weak threaded rods on each end replaced with steel rods.

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It's O.K. ........But the B-B unit is built Much better...When my unit is lowered, and you relax the cables, the cables have tendency to come off the pulleys (Horse S$%t) design.....the first time that happened I had the lift about 4' off the ground and one of the cables had come off the pulley next to the lift post ( where it goes from Horizontal to Vertical) the cable was wedged between the plastic cover and the lock collar that keeps the pulley on the shaft...anyhow, the weight of the car popped the lock collar off the shaft like it was shot out of a gun.....luckily it didn't hit anything and the cable came off the shaft and that end of the lift droppedabout a foot or so....so now the car was teetering back and forth (the Gold 70 in this month's members ride section)....the lift was too high to get a floor jack under it the support it and I was freaking out......at this time because there was no tension on two of the cables, the cables came off the pulleys underneath the unit........I managed to nurse it back down (because it was on an angle, none of the safety locking mechanisms could engage)and in doing so two of the cables shredded and when I finally got it back to the ground there were only a few strands left.......when I called to complain about the "Stupid" design of not having a safety feature to keep the cables correctly positioned on the pulleys..I was politely blown off......but they at least sent me a new set of cables at no charge as they were covered under warranty......Yeah, Right..
I have since made my own guides to correct this issue........I was Lucky.........But we don't want to depend on Luck......Do we

Ken

**Stefano** · #5 11-22-2005, 07:49 PM

Speaking to light duty storage/work lifts; Look at the shipping weight to provide an idea of the quality of the materials used. There is a big difference between mfgs.

I have used the Perfect Park for over 10 years with only minor issues due to operators fault. I had a cable jump a pulley when untensioned, but I should have had that cable tensioned properly to begin with.

I added 4 more two years ago, again no issues. I use one as a service lift and the others for storage.

I have never bolted any to the ground and are completely stable with no issues,if used properly. You do have to be careful when lowering, so that you have the post locks fully disengaged or one might catch and the car will tilt and may slide off the ramp.

I will be adding two more soon, but want to check out the new style side lifts first.

**enio45** · #6 11-22-2005, 08:02 PM

Is Perfect Park the brand? I could not find it?

**Stefano** · #7 11-22-2005, 08:21 PM

www.liftsunlimited.com/products.html

GRB · #8 11-22-2005, 08:48 PM

kwhizz - that exact thing happened to me but I was able to get it down somehow without damaging anything. Putting those cables back on was a nightmare! I learned not to let the cables fully relax from that ordeal. How did you fix it so that couldn't happen again? I'm having mine moved in a couple weeks and that will be a good time to fix that.

BTW - I've already got a two post frame lift installed at the new house and figure I will use it for service work and the 4 post for storage.

**kwhizz** · #9 11-22-2005, 10:01 PM

I made some guides that trapped the cable in the pulley groove and epoxied them in place......even with that I make sure that I keep a slight weight on the cables so they don't relax enough to cause a problem........The Safety catches were useless when the cable slipped...I'm just overly cautious now......

Ken

**chads454Ls6** · #10 11-23-2005, 04:08 AM

I have a superior lift as well and i think it is a pos to! I have never had the promblem you guys are talking about,but when i get my lift higher than half way,the locks stick out to much and i have to go around and manually knock each one into place. when i called superior they said to make sure it was properly adjusted,which i assured them i had already done that. Then they said they would send me thiner locks,which i thought was ridiculous. They never sent them. Lousy company to deal with.

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