So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

Farmerjon wrote:

DWeikert wrote:
Reinstalled the rear HJ motors that came back from being rebuilt after motor seizures. I don't remember if it was there when they went out but these came back with a stiff rubber o-ring where the motor slides over the jack leg.

The top of the jack fits into a recess in the motor head but this o-ring completely fills that recess and even with my 6'2" 250lbs bearing down on the motor, I could not compress the o-ring enough for the screw holes to align. The hole on the rear was even worse.

So, no o-rings. I may be wrong but the overlap without the o-ring seems like it would do a better job of stopping water intrusion than an o-ring that spaces the motor housing off the jack tube such that there is a gap instead of an overlap, that's assuming I could get the screws started...

Maybe you could could spread some grease or Vaseline or something to fill the gap that might deter what little water might get in.
Good luck.
Jon

Yeah, been thinking about it. I'm really not sure water intrusion into the jack is a problem. Based on the fit I really doubt this gasket was there before. The jack tube is recessed about 1/8" into the motor housing (about the diameter of the o-ring) and it's a snug fit so it would take water under pressure to travel the U channel to get inside the jack tube, and any water in there simply drains out the bottom. I thought about maybe running a strip of electrical tape around the top of the jack tube to act as a gasket but a little grease of some sort should also do the job.