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SamBurritos
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Aug 09, 2016

Tongue jack is slanted. Suggestions on how to deal with it?

I have a 2004 Jayco Jay Flight that I bought used a couple seasons ago. I replaced the manual tongue jack with an electric one. It works, but it is slanted back towards the camper and not straight up and down. I uninstalled it and reinstalled the manual jack and found that it is also slanted, but it is not as noticeable since it is shorter. Also, the higher I raise the camper, the more obvious it is that the jack is slanted (see photos below)

When I install the jack, it slides down through the top hole, and then it goes through a second hole in a plate underneath. It seems like those two holes aren't quite lined up.

Looking for recommendations from the group. Am I doing something wrong? Should I rest the jack on a big block so it doesn't have to extend so far?

Thanks!

Photos:





Plate underneath (second hole):

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