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Jul 29, 2014

What size socket for power drill operation of stab jacks

New to this forum...my wife and I have acquired a new travel trailer that has manual operated stab jacks, what size socket do I need to acquire to place on my power drill so as to lower and raise stab jacks with ease? Thanks.

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  • Does it have the bolt head or the tube with the hole in the side?
    - Bolt head is usually 3/4inch.
    - Tube in the side was what we used to have and we got a larger allen wrench that would fit the drill and fit in the hole. That worked well till we replaced the stabilizers.
  • Judging from the specs of the two in the replies, you need a 3/4" socket, a 1/4" or 3/8" hex to !/4" or 3/8" square drive for the drill. I would buy a midrange 3/8" battery powered drill motor with 18 volt batteries. All of which can be purchased from, Home Depot, Lowes, ACE Hardware, Do It Centers and about a thousand hardware and tool stores.

    I like Harbor Freight's BLACK sockets(impact type), they are inexpensive and so far they have been working well for me in auto and MoHo repairs and tire changing. The cheap 18 volt drill motors from HF are so so, I don't know about their upper end drill motors. The ones that come with the LED flashlight for about $18.99 are throw away items for me. I have two of them and if they get dropped or in any way damaged on the road, I just throw them away.
  • I chuck up a alan wrench in my drill. Mine have a whole in the nut and I just stick it in there and works fine.

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