HWH leveling

There is a "service tip" about this on the Winnebago website and it involves, believe it or not, a simple fix with WD-40. Go to the main Winnebago site, click "Resources", then "Service", then "Service Tips" and scroll down to the one called "2010-08 Care of HWH Jacks."

Last fall we had a rear jack that was taking nearly 10 minutes to retract in cold weather. We did the WD-40 treatment and it has worked fine ever since.

I had the problem on my 2003. The HWH manual has some pretty good ideas for troubleshooting. I tried calling the tech line but they were only taking messages and calling back (which they did in 3 days). I went to the jacks in question and cracked the hydraulic line to see if the jack would then go up. If it did I figured it was in the solenoids or such in the controls. Mine did not go up, it stayed about 2-3 inches down. I even took a 2 x 4 and tried to lever the jack up to see if the springs were weak. Wouldn't move. So I took it off and brought to a hydraulic shop who disassembled it and found a snap ring out of place inside the unit. Took him literally 3 minutes to fix. No charge. Put it back on and voila works great now. Mine was only one jack but the opening the line trick should work on any number.

You have bad inner seals on those jacks. Springs on a unit as new as yours will not be the problem. Doug

Call HWH they have very good support. You most likely need to replace the retraction springs.