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snowpeke
Explorer
May 29, 2020

Electric jack for 5 wheel goes up and not down

The jack stands that raises the front of the trailer up and down just goes up and not down. Worked fine in the morning next camp site won't go down. Checked the switch and it seems ok. Only 2 wires go...
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fj12ryder
Explorer III
May 30, 2020
Okay, the wording confused me a bit since it sounded like one switch but two motors, "One makes it going up the other it goes up very slow. Any ideas?".

With one motor, it could be the gearbox, the screws could be dry and dragging, or the bevel gear at the top of the leg is dry and dragging. If the trailer is going up really slowly, it could easily be the battery. Which is what I would check first.

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