Barker tongue jack issue
Last Fall, when hooking up my trailer to bring home for a weekend trip, my Barker VIP 3500 tongue jack stopped working. I called barker and they sent out a new switch. Well, this weekend I brou...
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gaymeadowsman wrote:
You may have just enough ground connection to operate the light but not the jack. That happened to me and my Barker. I removed the jack and sanded the rust off around the mounting holes on BOTH the jack and trailer tongue. then placed stainless steel washers with the "teeth" between the the jack and tongue tightened the bolts back down. the jack worked perfect.
Well, I hooked up the trailer and removed the jack. Took my Dremel tool and ground the frame of the trailer as well as the underside of the bolt flange on the jack right down to bare metal. Replaced the washer with a brand new stainless steel locking washer (with the teeth)
STILL wont work. ive exhausted all my known options.
This is the start of my 3rd season with this jack. Needless to say, im really disappointed in its performance thus far.
On the positive side, at least i can still use it manually and the its geared different than the OEM hand crank that came with the trailer, so its still a tad faster.
Buy American! smh
