Rieco-Titan Powerhead

Stromberg makes a cover for trailer tongue jacks that may work for camper jacks:

http://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Stromberg-Carlson/JET-01.html?feed=npn&gclid=CjwKEAiA3qXBBRD4_b_V7ZLFsX4SJAB0AtEVdXUobf8w7s4Kx1_yWr83rBbeGGkevF2NwSfgVmx4cBoCDafw_wcB

It's kind of low budget, but when my TC is parked for longer periods I put aluminum bread pans over the motors to help with water intrusion. You can form them to the contours of the motor-head and they stay on pretty tight.

Rick

Get new plastic access caps for the other motors.

The clutch plates in the motor were worn and this rebuild guy could not replace them. Thanks to RICKIM, I was able to salvage a functional motor and put on my existing covers.

I plan to revisit the worn motor when I have time. It would nice to find out where RT sources these and just buy the motor instead of the entire powerhead. There were no markings on the motor case to identify manufacturer or model.

I pulled the motor out of the powerhead tonight and will be getting it rebuilt. It had water intrusion in the motor which was evident once the outer covers were removed. We'll see how the rebuild goes - It should be done this weekend.

Great keep us updated. Sorry I have not had any issues with mine so I couldn't give you an idea on costs.

There is a young guy with a new family rebuilding motors to supplement his day job. I will give him a try and let you know how he does. We need to encourage someone like this who is willing to work long and hard.

First thing I did was try turning the jack manually with a hand ratchet and compare the force required to one of the others. This verified something was wrong in the jack and it was not a power delivery issue. Removing the powerhead, I could turn the jack easier, so I knew it was in the head unit. Removing the intermediate gear between the motor and gears inside the powerhead proved that the motor is beginning to fail. Just to verify the rest of the jack was working properly and did not contribute to this weak motor, I checked the voltage levels and swapped over another power head - Running the jack up and down worked fine. It is definitely the motor, but I did not disassemble the actual motor housing to see if it is bearing, bushing or brush.

try using a different motor it will help verify / pin point the location of the actual problem , poor contacts & connections also can reduce motor performance

Vinsil wrote:
Any shop that can rebuild electric motors can rebuild it.

I will be talking with a local later today about this and find out cost. Do you have a ballpark figure for previous work?

mike/kellie wrote:
Wait until you get your Host. Mine is parked at home and I swear the rear jack's have targets on top for the rear gutters to aim at. I cover my camper during the wettest part but cover the heads with baggies during the winter.

My Arctic Fox only runs water on the rear jacks if I am parked nose high and tilting to one side at the same time. The front ones don't get roof runoff, but are subjected to wind driven moisture. I saw more water in the front jacks until I clocked the powerheads inboard.