5th wheel jack issues
I have a 30' Ragen TH with a pin weight of around 2500 lbs. I'm posting here because it's more active than the TH forum.
The previous owner just replaced the non motor jack as it was inop, not raising or lowering.
When raising or lowering the motor seems to really be straining moving up or even down and moves painfully slow. It will skip a gear occasionally with a clicking and popping noise.
When I lowered it way down to level it, the jack wouldn't lift it back up so I had to hand crank it. When cranking it didn't turn hard and I didn't detect any binding or sticking points.
The gear box looks newer and I thought the owner said the motor had been replaced, but you know how that goes.
The motor is a Venture M-9000 PK which seems to be pretty common and around $130.
It's a very simple swap but don't want to throw unneeded parts at it.
Does this sound like a bad motor and worth the $ to replace it?
Also, has anyone converted to the dual motor jacks like the Bulldog? About $500 but they look like a pretty good set up.
The previous owner just replaced the non motor jack as it was inop, not raising or lowering.
When raising or lowering the motor seems to really be straining moving up or even down and moves painfully slow. It will skip a gear occasionally with a clicking and popping noise.
When I lowered it way down to level it, the jack wouldn't lift it back up so I had to hand crank it. When cranking it didn't turn hard and I didn't detect any binding or sticking points.
The gear box looks newer and I thought the owner said the motor had been replaced, but you know how that goes.
The motor is a Venture M-9000 PK which seems to be pretty common and around $130.
It's a very simple swap but don't want to throw unneeded parts at it.
Does this sound like a bad motor and worth the $ to replace it?
Also, has anyone converted to the dual motor jacks like the Bulldog? About $500 but they look like a pretty good set up.
