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Hammerboy
Oct 06, 2017Explorer
7.3 psdman wrote:
The MOTOR on the fifth wheel rear stabilizers is ----"THE WEAKEST LINK"--they are in a position to get wet and freeze or rust up. I had mine rebuilt before and now they are telling me that they can't get parts. Other people have taken the motor off and they say that the stabilizers crank up and down real easy without the motor on it. So I will make up a tool for my electric drill that will run mine up and down from the crank handle side. If this works it will beat buying a new $300 motor every two years.
If you don't mind, when you get to that point can you post a couple of pictures? Not sure of what needs to be done to the stabilizers to make that happen. Maybe it's simple enough once I look at it. Planning ahead for mine someday:)
Dan
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