Gentle jack retract?

jtfcons wrote:

dougrainer wrote:

tkranz wrote:
Might have already posted this. On my older RV, I had HWH jacks with manual valve levers. I could gently retract the jacks.

On my newer rig, I have touch pad controls. The minute I hit the "store" button, they come down suddenly and hard. Am I missing something, or is this how they are supposed to work?

Yes, it is normal. HWH offers Velocity valves that slow the fluid to prevent sudden dropping. Doug

One of the first improvements I made to my bus was to order the velocity control valves from HWH. They were fairly easy to install but would depend on access to the reservoir/pump area. It works great and does not slow down the storing process by any noticable amount and completely eliminates the sudden drop experienced at the beginning of the store cycle.

Mine as originally equipted came down very suddenly and was not a pleasant experience. We don't hear this complaint often from owners, so I thought that the HWH had corrected this issue for later versions of the levelers.

Velocity valves are standard on some systems and I believe it is up to the OEM to specify if they want them. It adds a cost to the system. HWH sells the Velocity valves for about $125 for all 4. Doug

This is HWH's P/N RAP90280