Craftsman Motorcycle ATV Jack 

I just bought a Sears Craftsman motorcycle jack that was several years old as there are no new Craftsman jacks in any inventory anymore. I chose the old Craftsman because many of the current models are cheezed down on quality. The new ones have much less metal and the designs have shrunk down the heavy gage main frame with less bracing and no metal around the front wheels. The Craftsman jack is a beast and weighs probably 10 pounds more then the Harbor Freight and all the other knock offs. So this gave me the opportunity to buy the best at less costs and clean it up and refurbish it which I've done. I first sanded all the rust off the frame with small wire wheels and flap wheels on my drill. Then use Rust-Oleum (Rusty Metal Primer) on the whole frame followed by the Rust-Oleum Semi-Gloss Black brush on top coat. The red parts I bought a spray can of "Cherry Red" Rust-Oleum metal paint and sanded down all the rust and sprayed that on. Next a lot of the hardware was working but looked bad - especially the Acorn Nuts used on all the pivot points. I bought new stainless Acorn Nuts and some lock and flat washers and got rid of all the rusty bits. On the platform top where the motorcycle sits I replaced the rusty Acorn nuts with some stainless steel lifting triangle shaped eyelet nuts. The Craftsman has all M12 heavy duty fasteners. These triangle (eyelets) can be attached to the bike at first contact and the bike will not go anywhere during the lifting process unlike the loops down on the base cannot be used until the bike is fully up in the air. (good luck with that). I've posted the final assembly build and modified skid plate on a Kawasaki Versys X300 to allow it to be lifted up in the air. The video is on my channel - LINK: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZOFhH2zYQyM.html&ab_channel=trekOCLVone

This Craftsman ATV jack is great for cars holding up gas tanks while doing straps etc. All sorts of things. I have one and it is probably 20yrs old.

I wish you would show how to raise and lower the jack. I have this Jack and it’s not lowering. I’m also missing that long handle. It seems like there should be some simple way like a regular floor jack to release and lower the jack. I’m not finding it