Crank for electric tongue jack

Usually there's some kind of cover you can take off the top and insert a tool to turn them by hand. The tool should have come with the jack.

Every brand is different, but usually there is a plug you remove to access some sort of fitting to crank it manually with a socket wrench.

Read the owners manual and find out. The one I have has a 3/4 hex nut on the top for a crank handle. If it fails, start cranking.

ken56 wrote:
Read the owners manual and find out. The one I have has a 3/4 hex nut on the top for a crank handle. If it fails, start cranking.

You assume I have the owners manual....

I guess I know what I will be googling.

mine has a level on top take out two screws and theres a place for a wrench ,mine is a 3/8ths rachet.

Maybe carry a spare battery if it happens often.

Bob/Olallawa wrote:
Maybe carry a spare battery if it happens often.

Hasn't happened yes, but want to be prepared for the inevitability.

Happened with my son-in-laws dad on last camping trip,jack failed,no tool. He opened up the top as others have said and we found a socket with extension that fit and a ratchet and we were in business.