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I recently bought a 3 ton jack, and finally got rid of my “autozone” ones. Having never
i got it home, bled it, fill it with hydraulic oil and then greased the pivot. I greases it and greased it waiting for the over flow to pop up over fitting. It didn’t. Instead I noticed the grease was coming out of the sides where the mechanism moves.
do jacks have seals to keep the grease in? Is this a problem ?
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Welcome to the forum.
That setup is very common.
The tool does not require LOTS of grease. Clean up the excess and give it a couple of squirts a few times a year.