Rear electric stabilizer jacks. Only one will go down?

If you have one switch and they should both go down together then the individual jacks are probably ganged together by a tube or a rod and rely on a single motor. There could be a pin or bolt that connects them together that is either missing or sheared. If a tandem system like that is not blocked correctly so that the stabilizer pads hit at the same time then it will put undue stress on the components.

I'm guessing this is not a new trailer but a new problem. If it is a new trailer and the stabilizers are not ganged then you might have a separate switch somewhere else. Time to get on your back and check it out. Not a fan of ganged stabilizers. My son had them on a TT and they were a pain.

Durb wrote:
If you have one switch and they should both go down together then the individual jacks are probably ganged together by a tube or a rod and rely on a single motor. There could be a pin or bolt that connects them together that is either missing or sheared. If a tandem system like that is not blocked correctly so that the stabilizer pads hit at the same time then it will put undue stress on the components.

I'm guessing this is not a new trailer but a new problem. If it is a new trailer and the stabilizers are not ganged then you might have a separate switch somewhere else. Time to get on your back and check it out. Not a fan of ganged stabilizers. My son had them on a TT and they were a pain.

Thanks. I will check that out.

I have electric rear stabilizers on my 5vr......single motor

Occasionally one side would not move while other side did.

No broken/sheared bolts/pins....just a stuck pad/leg from retracting too tight.

Going on 11 yrs and they still function great ---7 yrs of using weekly when we were FT and I really put some pressure on them

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I have electric rear stabilizers on my 5vr......single motor

Occasionally one side would not move while other side did.

No broken/sheared bolts/pins....just a stuck pad/leg from retracting too tight.

Going on 11 yrs and they still function great ---7 yrs of using weekly when we were FT and I really put some pressure on them

Mine does look somewhat tight. I forgot I was going to take a pry bar to it, when I got home, to see if it was just stuck.

I'll try that in the morning. Thanks

what happens when the one hits the ground and you continue to press the down switch?

On mine if they come down unevenly, when one hits the ground, the other then drops.

Uh and there is a lot of rust that gets on mine. check for cleanliness and lube?

Just one more reason I like manual stabilizers...on the rear. :-)

Lyle

Duke-44 wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I have electric rear stabilizers on my 5vr......single motor

Occasionally one side would not move while other side did.

No broken/sheared bolts/pins....just a stuck pad/leg from retracting too tight.

Going on 11 yrs and they still function great ---7 yrs of using weekly when we were FT and I really put some pressure on them

Mine does look somewhat tight. I forgot I was going to take a pry bar to it, when I got home, to see if it was just stuck.

I'll try that in the morning. Thanks

That was the problem. But, I still had to pry it down and continue to push it down with a crowbar and my weight to get it to start working again.
In my opinion this type of jack is not engineered very well.

Duke-44 wrote:


That was the problem. But, I still had to pry it down and continue to push it down with a crowbar and my weight to get it to start working again.
In my opinion this type of jack is not engineered very well.

Need to crawl up under and spray screw drives with a dry graphite
I've used it on mine...screw drives, pivot points on legs/braces, foot pads and front landing gear inner legs.

11 yrs and working just fine.

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Need to crawl up under and spray screw drives with a dry graphite
I've used it on mine...screw drives, pivot points on legs/braces, foot pads and front landing gear inner legs.

11 yrs and working just fine.

Thanks. I'll do that.