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Old 07-29-2014, 10:28 PM
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Top stuff, thanks.
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Old 07-30-2014, 12:25 AM
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just be aware that the "lifetime warranty" usually only covers 'non-moving parts'. Therefore great for spanners and scokets but no use for ratchets.
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This was the recent which jack thread mentioned above - the SGS Engineering ones are/were back in stock a few weeks ago

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/108...h-jack-thread/
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Old 07-30-2014, 08:48 AM
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I'm also looking into this. The main problem with that Halfords one is that the minimum torque is higher than what is needed for things oil changes whereas the machine mart one looks lower enough to be able to do that.
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Originally Posted by RobAp1
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I assume the "racing" ones are just lighter and quicker to lift?
They're a lighter, all aluminium construction. it doesn't lift quicker like some but it lifts reasonably high and seems well built too
I've got one of the aluminium ones from machine mart too. Nice and light but it does twist quite a lot sometimes. Not sure whether this is normal for aluminium jacks but doesn't fill me with confidence when using it!

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I've got an SGS one and it's much better than previous Halfords (or similar) ones I had.
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Is the SGS jack better than the Clarke?

It's a tossup of the two.
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Looking at the pictures they look like they're made the same to me.
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Machinemart have 20% off weekends quite often, sign up to their newsletter
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I needed a new un quick in light of the recent rad implosion. I was sick of the halfords tooin and froin to get it under the car. If you can stomach the 100 quid, the Clarke is an absolute belter of a jack.
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