I am trying to replace the ball joints today on my ram and i put my craftsman jack under the truck its a 2 1/4 ton. I went to lift the truck and it bent the jack and kicked out obviously. So now I have a broken jack and I was wondering what do i need. A 3 ton? I thought I could lift the truck without a problem with the 2 1/4 ton. I know u have to pump it a hell of alot more but I've lifted many vehicles with this jack. Let me know

 

Sounds to me like your jack was just weak! 2 1/4 ton jack should be plenty to lift that truck. Thats 4250lbs and the front or back of the truck dosnt weigh that by itself. If you was only lifting one side at a time it would defiantly be enough. IMO I think your jack was just all used up

 

those little floor jacks are designed for light use, get a 3 ton and jack stands for your safety. there are some ones for like $70

 

The cheapest 3 ton I have found is $99.

 

somebody will hate me for recommend it, but I have one from hf tools for 4 years and still good, also I give one 3ton craftsman to my brother as a gift, and we like more the one I have.

 

I think I figured it out. I realized the street was so hot the jack stands are sinking down into the street. I'm guessing the floor jack just sank on one side which made it off balance and bent it. It was all sorts of screwed when i pulled it out. then it had collapsed on top of a jack stand and the jack stand was a good 1.5 or so inches in the street and stuck under the axle. Just starting off bad!

 

try using pieces of wood under the jack & stands

 

already did that brother. I thought of that about an hour or so ago as I was getting worried it was sinking to much

 

You on a Cheeto's break or something? Not getting much done.

 

still trying to figure out which side is which. it would make sense that the left is the drivers and rite is passanger. But if you remember me saying i had noise when turning right, the mechanic told me it was the brake hardware hitting. I could see it one day when parked. I have a specail clip that holds my pads instead of the caliper. The mechanic said it was that clip that was hitting the rim. Rite in the corner of the right or passanger side rim i can see cuts in it from the hardware hitting it. Not bad but messed it up a little. But on the inspection paper its printed LF brake hardware.