The Challenger 12710-P column component is the direct replacement for the Challenger lift it came off of. This is the genuine Challenger part — same fit and same working specification as the one already on your lift. Ordering the Challenger column component from us gets you the OEM piece that matches the lift, not an aftermarket knock-off that is close but not the same.

Specifications

• Part number: 12710-P
• Brand: Challenger
• Type: Genuine OEM column component
• Fits: CL12

Column hardware — the anchor bolts, arm-pin retainers, slide blocks, and fasteners — is what keeps the structure standing and the load where it belongs. It's easy to overlook because it's just "bolts," but a loose anchor lets a column shift, a worn arm-pin retainer lets an arm creep, and a stripped fastener has zero holding power in a shock load. On a lift, the small hardware is holding real weight.

What lifts this column component fits

This column component fits the lift models below. Click a model to open its visual parts breakdown — the exploded drawing with every part numbered, so you can confirm this is the right part for your exact lift before you order.

• CL12 — see the exploded parts breakdown for this lift

Related parts for this lift

The parts below are commonly ordered alongside this one — cables, sheaves, seals, and hardware wear on similar schedules, and most repairs go faster when the whole set is done in one visit.

• Challenger 12710-I Idler Column Weldment Cl12
• Challenger 12710-I-02 Idler Column Weldment Cl12 Black
• Challenger 12710-I-04 Idler Column Weldment Cl12 Red
• Challenger 12710-I-06 Idler Column Weldment Cl12 Blue
• Challenger 12710-P-02 Power Column Weldment Cl12 Black
• Challenger 12710-P-04 Power Column Weldment Cl12 Red

Replacing your column component

Carriage or arm work is heavier structural repair — pins, retainers, slide blocks, and load-bearing welds all have to go back sound and correctly torqued. Photograph the assembly before you take it apart, and confirm nothing rocks or has play when it's back together. Since this is the steel carrying the vehicle, the full walkthrough is worth following start to finish. Not sure on the procedure? Find your lift in our parts lookup or call and we will walk you through it.

Find the right part for your lift

Landed here but not 100% sure it is your part? Grab the model and serial from the data plate and open our Challenger parts lookup for the visual breakdown — the manufacturer-style drawing with every item numbered so you can match yours exactly. Plate missing? our guide to finding your model number helps, and we identify lifts from photos every week if you would rather ask.

Signs this part is worn out

Check every arm-pin and adapter hole for wallowing. A round hole gone egg-shaped from load reversal lets the arm or adapter rock under the car, and the play only gets worse. Slip the pin in and feel for slop; sight the hole for an oval. An elongated bore in a carriage or arm is a structural condemn, not something you shim around.

Parts commonly replaced at the same time

The parts near this one share its job and its wear — pads, adapters, swivel pins, retaining hardware. Doing them together restores an even, secure grip on the vehicle and saves reopening the job later. Give us your model and serial and we will match the complete set.

Safety notes

A lift's contact and locating parts do quiet, critical work — holding a vehicle exactly where it belongs. Crushed pads, bent lips, and elongated holes all erode that hold. Replace worn structural parts promptly, torque mounting hardware to spec, and never load a lift onto a contact point you can see is compromised.

Before you order

Order structural parts by model and serial and in the right quantity — a single fresh pad among three flat ones does not help much. Match the part's shape and mount to the original, and add the mounting hardware if it is worn. We will confirm the correct version for your lift.

Check your lift's serial before ordering

The most common reason a lift part comes back is not a defect — it is a revision mismatch. Manufacturers change sub-parts between production runs while keeping the same lift model name, so "it fits my lift model" is not always enough. The model plate carries the serial number that pins your lift to a specific run, and that is the number that settles which version of this part belongs on your lift.

Can't find the plate? Measure the old part — overall length, bolt-hole spacing, thread size on anything threaded — and photograph it from a couple of angles. Send that with your lift's brand and rough age and we will match it against the parts breakdowns we service from every week.

Why buy your Challenger column component from Auto Lift Services

We install, inspect, and repair Challenger lifts every week — the 12710-P is a part we handle in the shop, not a random SKU we drop-ship. The phone answers if you have a question mid-install — call 800-674-9302 — and every part ships genuine, no aftermarket substitution unless you ask for it.