If your pallet jack is not quite working as it should, sometimes a handle adjustment will do the trick.
Tools needed:
- Hammer
- Philips screwdriver
- Screwdriver
- Pinpunch
- Pliers
- Wrench (10mm)
To adjust the handle on your jack, the first thing you want to do is make sure that the unit is raising.
First we'll loosen up the 10 millimeter lock nut that's on your adjustment screw, located on the release pedal itself. Then back out the set screw until it no longer touches the release pin. Basically, turn it all the way out. Now the pedal isn't contacting anything.
Put the unit to pump position with the lever down, pull the handle down so it's in pump position, and lightly pump it. The jack is raising now.
What you want to do then is to is pull the handle lever up into a neutral position and then turn the set screw as you are pumping the handle. And so it's still going up while you keep on turning it. Turn it a little more until it's stopped. At this point, it's in neutral position.
Now you can take the jam nut, turn it back down, and tighten it back up with the wrench to lock it into position.
Now set your handle lever to "lower" and pump the handle. It should lower the jack. Then set the handle to the neutral position, which shouldn't lower the jack while pumping.
You can watch this process here.
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