replacing rear scissor jacks
Greetings. We own a 2004 Fleetwood Wilderness 250RKS Travel Trailer. It is quite low to the ground, and if we go thru much of a road dip, one or both rear scissor jacks rub the ground. I have replac...
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donn0128 wrote:kansas49er wrote:donn0128 wrote:
First thing that comes to my mind, raise the trailer.
How would I go about that? That sounds pretty drastic and complicated?
Actually its a fairly easy job. Support the trailer, remove tires and wheels, remove the axles. Take them to a welding shop and have new spring perches welded on top of the axles. Take them home and reinstal them with the springs on top of the axle tubes. Put the tires back on, lower to the ground. You trailer is now about 5 inches higher off the ground.
Exactly my thought. In fact mine may be the same age. I had a tongue jack on a boat trailer fail and used one with blocks to release the hitch and keep it raised until I could replace the jack.
