Jacks getting sluggish
We have a 2005 Holiday Rambler Ambassador, 40' DP. Overall in very good condition, except that the jacks have recently begun to be quite sluggish on retracting. Going down is no problem. But coming...
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I sure learn a lot on this forum. Thanks for the Link 45Ricochet. Interesting read.
I've gotten kinda fat so crawling under the rig isn't an every trip thing for me, my jacks are 'slow retracting' these days and I guess I've gotta do something about that. All I do these days is stoop down at the side of the rig and spray lithium on the extended rams.
Over the last 12 years, I've been inconsistent and have used ATF, Silicon, and Lithium to lube the rams. Now they tend to stay 4" extended after pressing the Retract button. I have installed a Off/On switch on the dash control so the constant beeping doesn't slow me down any.
I guess my springs are probably weak being that they are 22 years old, but I think first I'll try some of the advice in that link by cleaning the assembly, ram, and lubing it with AFT (as recommended in my handbook by PowerGear).
Thanks!
I've gotten kinda fat so crawling under the rig isn't an every trip thing for me, my jacks are 'slow retracting' these days and I guess I've gotta do something about that. All I do these days is stoop down at the side of the rig and spray lithium on the extended rams.
Over the last 12 years, I've been inconsistent and have used ATF, Silicon, and Lithium to lube the rams. Now they tend to stay 4" extended after pressing the Retract button. I have installed a Off/On switch on the dash control so the constant beeping doesn't slow me down any.
I guess my springs are probably weak being that they are 22 years old, but I think first I'll try some of the advice in that link by cleaning the assembly, ram, and lubing it with AFT (as recommended in my handbook by PowerGear).
Thanks!
