need advice on a new racing jack

[Chris]

Did it really blow a seal or do you just need to bleed the air out of it? Mine was getting kinda bad at lifting stuff a few years back and I bled the air out of it and since then its been working great again. I've had the thing for like 6 years now with that only incident.

so if there was oil all over the ground from the jack, I probably blew a seal, right?

how do you bleed the jack, I should at least try that.

its possible you blew a seal. To bleed the jack, I took the little bolt out where the oil goes in and put more oil in. I then pumped it providing resistance for the arm to go up. I saw bubbles coming out of the hole where the oil went in and continued to do that until I didnt see any more bubbles. I dont know if thats the proper way but its worked for me.

thanks Maeng. I knew it wasn't that hard, just never took the time to see how to bleed it. I'll give this a try and see what it does.