I've seen the latch pivot freely on the lever on the lever-locked ones. One was mine and three others at two different places that I've worked. So they can and do fail.

Does Snap-On make jackstands? Maybe I could burn my paycheck on one. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


'06 Dakota QC 4.7 6sp 4x4
'88 Mighty Max
'77 KZ1000 fun old bike