Butch50 wrote:Looks good. ๐
Well I got the mod finished the other day and this is what I did. If you look closely to the right of the anodized bracket for the swing out you well see 2 pieces of aluminum flat stock that is .25"X 1.5". I ordered some longer bolts and received them. The originals were 1" long and the new ones are 1.5" long. I then drilled the aluminum in the same locations as the bracket and then bolted it to the camper. This gives me right at 99" width which well give me between 1.25 to 1.50" clearance on each side. I well try this and see how it works out, it should not cause any great stress on the jacks or the mounts on the camper.
Well I got the mod finished the other day and this is what I did. If you look closely to the right of the anodized bracket for the swing out you well see 2 pieces of aluminum flat stock that is .25"X 1.5". I ordered some longer bolts and received them. The originals were 1" long and the new ones are 1.5" long. I then drilled the aluminum in the same locations as the bracket and then bolted it to the camper. This gives me right at 99" width which well give me between 1.25 to 1.50" clearance on each side. I well try this and see how it works out, it should not cause any great stress on the jacks or the mounts on the camper.
okan-star wrote:
Hey NRALIFR are my eyes deciving me or are your swing out up side down , there not locking in place ,is there a reason ?
It must just be the blurry image, because they're locked in. I don't think they're upside-down either. I had to replace the swingouts a couple of years ago after doing something dumb and breaking one, and I can tell you that they aren't LH or RH specific. They're both exactly the same, but not sure about up or down. They might not lock in the right spot if they were upside-down.
Here's some better pic's. The jack is in the stowed position, and is locked in on the bottom.
The jack is swung out for lifting the camper here, and will raise up to lock in at the top.
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NRALIFR wrote:
My F450 is a good 2-3" wider than my F350 was. The clearance was tight on the F350 and nonexistent on the new truck, so I had to move the jacks out a few inches.
This is how I did it:
The mounting flanges of the jacks and swing-out brackets are sandwiched between two 3" wide flat steel plates. The distance between bolt centers is about 1-3/4".
If you ever unload your camper on uneven ground, you might find you need more than 1/2" of clearance.
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Hey NRALIFR are my eyes deciving me or are your swing out up side down , there not locking in place ,is there a reason ?
I was just checking out my attwoods incase I need to get swing outs for my 93.5" wide camper in the future , and I went back to your pic.
The attwood ones dont look like they would cut it , Id have to do what you did , but the Reico Titan ones might ,there longer on one side
Anyone done that?
Butch50 wrote:
Here is what I'm dealing with:
Originally you mentioned washers-I assume between jack & extender and extender & mount (where 4 shown nylock nuts point to right). But I dont see gaining a 1/2" each side, maybe 3/16"? I wouldnt use washers, you would loose any surface clamping force between the metal. IF you have room for washers & that would give you the needed extension use flat bar, but I don't see any threads beyond nylock.
The additional 2" extenders I think might be too much leverage. Max I'd be comfortable with is adding 1/2" maybe 3/4", thats a lot of rotational on structure. Unless you tied front jacks together. Simplest is NRALIFRs suggestion is splitting bracket. It looks like the plate in between hinge and jack is formed, not flat? If so you may need to weld on verses bolting splice plates.
