HWH jack going up slow

PursuitInsight wrote:
Doug, please keep to the original post. you might have a point to the oil level. maybe the OP had a low oil level low while not all jacks were totally up.
Then adding more will not help.

Now to keep inline with the OP, when i removed my bad jack oil solenoid, the jack was down and stayed there. so the line could not have pressure. i used the lumber to move the jack up, the oil squirted all over the place. after this, putting back the soleinoid, filling with oil, all was good.
it has been a year now and that jack works everytime.

the jack chrome surface had no scores.

putting ALL CAPS does not change the fact that changing the oil worked, that made me feel good, not changing the oil

a jack and oil is a jack and oil. not exact product relatated

Yes, it IS product related. I have 30 plus years working on and FIXING RV Hydraulic jacks systems. Transmission oil will NOT go bad on a RV Jack system. It CAN go bad if you introduce water or other products to that oil. Now, can you state you have OWNED that RV from NEW? If not, then you cannot state your Transmission oil was possible defective due to what someone prior to you did to it. There are NO gears or moving parts to deteriorate the Trans oil in a RV Jack system. With NO oil and the line removed on a Jack, the springs will easily retract a jack. You can PUSH a jack retracted with your hand if the line has NO oil or the line is removed from the jack. IF you have to pry a Jack UP with a lever and the line is removed or there is no oil in the system, your SEALS are defective and/or the piston might be slightly bent. Now, you have PG jacks and the fact that you replaced the fluid and no problems since points to your original fluid had some type of contaminate in it. Some people will use leak stop additive if they have a jack that is leaking. BAD IDEA. It contaminates the fluid and does cause sticking seals. Doug

dougrainer wrote:

Busskipper wrote:

ct78barnes wrote:
I went to bring up my jacks and the rear right one took for ever to come up .So I cleaned them with WD 40 and used HWH oil on them. I went to tank and checked it and it was low. So I took my HWH oil and poured it till I filled my little funnel.When putting the cap back on I noticed it had pink my oil was brown. Will this little bit of oil hurt the jacks at all, Was at a Rallay and HWH had a good deal so I bought a qt. The jacks come up a lot faster.So am I ok and when did HWH go to the pink stuff.

Often HWH jacks just need the ELECTRICAL connections cleaned checked - Battery condition cleaned and checked - have you tried operating them, while running the generator? still plugged in?

JMHO,

On HWH jacks, there is nothing electrical that will cause SLOW retract.Doug

My Bad - Brain F*rt - Read HWH brain said Equalizer

Thanks,

Doug, please keep to the original post. you might have a point to the oil level. maybe the OP had a low oil level low while not all jacks were totally up.
Then adding more will not help.

Now to keep inline with the OP, when i removed my bad jack oil solenoid, the jack was down and stayed there. so the line could not have pressure. i used the lumber to move the jack up, the oil squirted all over the place. after this, putting back the soleinoid, filling with oil, all was good.
it has been a year now and that jack works everytime.

the jack chrome surface had no scores.

putting ALL CAPS does not change the fact that changing the oil worked, that made me feel good, not changing the oil

a jack and oil is a jack and oil. not exact product relatated

PursuitInsight wrote:
For Doug, a) Original post mentionned the oil was brown, i suspect oil has debris, like I suspected mine from the outcome I experienced b) The monaco has power gear hydraulic jacks

NO, what he stated was, the NEW Oil he purchased was brown(HWH with no red dye). The OLD oil was Pink(Dextron 3 with red dye). Now, to your system. YOU are comparing apples to oranges. Powergear is different from HWH. Depending on how old your PG jacks are, they have grease Zircs on the bottom collars to inject grease into the bottom seal/collar to help retract the jacks when they stick or fail to fully retract. Replacing Trans fluid has no real affect on operation. If it makes you feel good, then do it. When you rebuild a PG jack, the rebuild kit has the new bottom collar and Grease zirc. IF you do NOT have that Grease zirc on the jacks, your system is before they installed them as standard. Also, on older PG jacks, IF the reservoir was too full, then the jacks would NOT fully retract because the fluid had no place to return too since the reservoir was full. This usually happens when the fluid is checked with 1 or more jacks not fully retracted(sticking) and they top it off, or they check when jacks are extended and top off. Doug

Pet Peeve of mine is when people post and they do NOT have the system that is being posted about.

For Doug, a) Original post mentionned the oil was brown, i suspect oil has debris, like I suspected mine from the outcome I experienced b) The monaco has power gear hydraulic jacks

PursuitInsight wrote:
Last year, i had the back passenger side jack not retracting on my 2003 Lapalma. it took two years to reach this situation, having the jack retracting all but 2 inch, then half way, then none. i was carrying a wood block for lever and a 2x3 lumber to push it back in manually. did this for that duration, just awful

I had then replaced the entire fluid for new and then the jack was OK. I know that one could think it is not possible relation BUT this is it.

I can report, that this year the jack is still good. Retracting all the way, every time. No rebuilding anything

Yves

WHAT brand jack system? Doug

Last year, i had the back passenger side jack not retracting on my 2003 Lapalma. it took two years to reach this situation, having the jack retracting all but 2 inch, then half way, then none. i was carrying a wood block for lever and a 2x3 lumber to push it back in manually. did this for that duration, just awful

I had then replaced the entire fluid for new and then the jack was OK. I know that one could think it is not possible relation BUT this is it.

I can report, that this year the jack is still good. Retracting all the way, every time. No rebuilding anything

Yves

I guess nobody read Doug's 1st post...

99.5%? Drain, flush, refill properly.

Thanks for all the help I think it was less than 3 ounces I put in . So 99.5% is the pink stuff . Time will tell it is going to be 6 years in a week and have extended warenty so might have it check out. Is this about the time for the seals or jacks go bad. If so maybe have all of them checked out . What do you think.