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2 / 5

not secure on jack,

August 23, 2008

By CountyAl

from Where the buffalo roam

"I found the adapter is not secure on my jack. The base of the adapter that goes into "my" floor jack is too small to grip and the floor jack does not have enough room to secure it with a bolt which the adapter has a threaded connection which seems to be there for that reason. It just doesn't fit my allied floor jack. I will have to make some modifications to it or the floor jack to use it."

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3 / 5

Could be worse,

April 15, 2008

By turbojimmy

from New Jersey

"As others have mentioned you have to get the car *really* high to make use of this adapter. If you're using a floor jack and jack stands it's going to be tough to get the car high enough even with some creative use of lumber that any Jacking 101 manual would advise against. Even so, it is far better than the balancing act you'd have to do on top of a normal floor jack with a wooden jack adapter (read: a section of 2 x 10 lumber).

I used this adapter underneath a GM 2004R transmission. Note that even in the picture Northern Tool has put up for this product, they show the tilt being side-to-side rather than front-to-back. On the 2004R, and I presume many other automatic transmissions, you cannot position the adapter so that you have front-to-back tilt since the space between the bolt-on rails is not wide enough to accommodate the transmission pan front-to-back. Rather, you have to turn it 'sideways' so that the rails are on the sides of the pan. This way, you only get side-to-side tilt which is useless. It's moot anyway because once you put weight on it you can't adjust it.

With a helper, we lifted the transmission off and on the adapter once it was under the car."

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3 / 5

Torin Big Red Transmission Adaptor for Hydaulic Ja,

January 21, 2008

By JohnF

from New Jersey

"I used it on a Jeep CJ7 with a 4” lift. There was barely enough room to use it. But considering the price, it worked fine. Using it was much easier than my previous installs balancing the transmission on the tip of a jack."

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5 / 5

TRANS JACK ADAPTER,

January 21, 2008

By KDD1949

from WESTERN PA

"THIS ADAPTER FITS THE BRAND OF JACK THAT I HAD PURCHASE YEARS AGO QUITE WELL. IT OPERATES AS INTENDED WITH NO PROBLEMS."

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1 / 5

transmission adapter,

January 14, 2008

By traderjwc

from Donalsonville, Ga.

"Was too high to do the job. Even with the car on ramps, no room to use. I should have read the other reviews before I bought one."

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1 / 5

Adapter is not good,

July 9, 2007

By mike59

from Rialto, Ca.

"This adaptor was not good for the job I needed it for. With the adaptor on the jack and the transmission on the adaptor, and the jack was all the way down as far as it could go, it was still way too high to get under the car. With the trans on jack adaptor it was high enough to reach the middle of the door of the car. The car was on ramps. working in my driveway, I did not have a lift to rase the car that high. It may work ok for pickup trucks but, not cars. The tilt part of the adaptor didnot work that good as well. I found a sissor type jack that worked for me, it was able to get low enough to get under the car."

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2 / 5

Torin Big Red Transmission Adaptor for Hydaulic Ja,

July 9, 2007

By RitchQ

from Double Oak, TX

"The adaptor was easy to put together and put on my jack, but once on and loaded with a transmission it was extemely hard to adjust. The tilt scews and knob seemed to lock into whatever position I had them in when I put the tranny on. I had to add a block to the back to support the transmission and help the chain keep the tranny on the plate. The tranny I was trying to use this with was out of a 1953 Studebaker (3 speed) and therefore not a very heavy part.
Overall I was dissappointed in this item."

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