HF 20 Ton Press

Dawnpatrol

Jesse Higgins
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Apr 25, 2016
Location
Raleigh
A press should be simple enough, but I just wanted to get some feedback since it is HF... Do others with the HF press have a bunch of left over parts after assembly?

Parts came in 3 box's and looks like I have duplicate pieces plus I can't figure out where the large bolts would go. Maybe I'm just not thinking clearly. 14663585582752045303138.jpg 1466358624175588702009.jpg
 
tknopp said:
But on a serious note it looks like they gave you an extra box of the same parts.
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That's what I figured. Just seemed odd that the three box's all had the 20 ton press description, and where all different sizes. Oh well it works the way I assembled it. Does anyone know what the large bolts are used for? I didn't use them and now I have 4.
 
Dawnpatrol said:
That's what I figured. Just seemed odd that the three box's all had the 20 ton press description, and where all different sizes. Oh well it works the way I assembled it. Does anyone know what the large bolts are used for? I didn't use them and now I have 4.
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You apparently got the bolts I was missing from mine

The 4 larger bolts go thru the top crossmember and the uprights, 2 on each side. Not seeing heads or nuts on yours ?

It works, that's all I was looking for

Though I did have to top off the jack with oil as it would only push about 2" before it stopped. Fortunately I have AW32 on hand. Once the jack was properly filled it works fine and pushed out the bushings I was trying to remove with little effort
 
Blkvoodoo said:
You apparently got the bolts I was missing from mine

The 4 larger bolts go thru the top crossmember and the uprights, 2 on each side. Not seeing heads or nuts on yours ?

It works, that's all I was looking for

Though I did have to top off the jack with oil as it would only push about 2" before it stopped. Fortunately I have AW32 on hand. Once the jack was properly filled it works fine and pushed out the bushings I was trying to remove with little effort
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They must have changed the design. The top crossmember on mine is welded to the uprights. Oh well, I press out a set of bushings this afternoon just fine. Guess I'll throw the extra hardware into a storage bin.
 
Dawnpatrol said:
They must have changed the design. The top crossmember on mine is welded to the uprights. Oh well, I press out a set of bushings this afternoon just fine. Guess I'll throw the extra hardware into a storage bin.
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This would not surprise me at all, there seems to be 2 different part numbers for a lot of different items at HF, including this press. I don't see the decal on yours on top beam, is the jack bolted to the plate with 2 Allen head bolts ?

Mine came in 2 boxes, one with just the jack, and them one large box with the uprights and cross beams packed and wrapped, the bolt box/bag was in that box. Mine was short the smaller bolts for the bottom feet braces to the uprights
 
Blkvoodoo said:
This would not surprise me at all, there seems to be 2 different part numbers for a lot of different items at HF, including this press. I don't see the decal on yours on top beam, is the jack bolted to the plate with 2 Allen head bolts ?

Mine came in 2 boxes, one with just the jack, and them one large box with the uprights and cross beams packed and wrapped, the bolt box/bag was in that box. Mine was short the smaller bolts for the bottom feet braces to the uprights
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The decal is on the other side. The jack is not bolted to any thing. The top of the jack piston fits into a cup and the bottom just sits on the cross member unbolted. It doesn't fall out due to the compression of the springs, but I will probably make brackets for the jack to bolt to for peace of mind.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
Has anyone extended this press to allow for pressing in/out axle tubes/parts?
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Yeah, we had one at my old shop that was extended a foot or two at the bottom to give it some extra height to clear axle shafts, for pressing on bearings.
 
I bought this one earlier this year, my top is bolted too, not welded. Out of the box, I was missing bolts to fasten the feet to the legs.
 
Fabrik8 said:
Chinese quality control is flawless.
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the kids that packed up this press today were assembling chairs yesterday and tomorrow they are assembling air bags....
 
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