What do you think of your HappiJacs?
I have owned my EC camper for six and one half years and overall it has performed exceptional well considering I full-time in it at White Pass ski area during the winter. One thing that is suspect th...
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Glacier D wrote:jefe 4x4 wrote:
You wouldn't be living very near the ocean, would you? I saw a 2008 Jeep TJ, used as a lifeguard jeep on the beach for sale, for almost nothing. There was no part on it that wasn't corroded beyond use. To me, your plight seems like environmental issues more than anything else. There are anti-corrosion paints and coatings that address those issues.
My 17 year old Happy Jacks are holding up well. A little corrosion on a couple of the inner tubes, the base, but the mechanical parts are O.K. One little deviation: mine are mechanical screw jacks with pinion action screws. Pulling the upper plastic cap cover, I keep lubbing them with a corrosion resistant white lithium grease used in boat trailer axles. So far, so good. When i lived in Long Beach, within a block of the bay, the salt air just ate my old Chevy 2 door.
jefe
Don't live near the ocean, but they do salt the roads in the mountain passes. I understand what your saying, but the motors are sealed and the motherboard is inside the camper so they are not exposed to corrosion. The jacks just don't hold up, period. I have friends with campers up there that use Atwoods and Rieco Titans and they are not experiencing any of these problems.
The motors are not sealed. I just tore one of mine apart because the motor seized from water intrusion creating rust. When I put it back together I silicone every possible area that water could enter, mainly where the two wires enter. Now time to do the other three.
