New tongue jack
The tongue jack on our Dutchmen 18b has decided to stop working. The gears might be stripped/worn/chipped as it just will spin occasionally. It happened as I was hooking up to my truck to take it to t...
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humblerb wrote:
Love our electric, but much longer trailer than you have.
Before you buy a new jack, check one thing.
I actually had a sheer pin break while I was working on my set up.
I didn't want to drag the cord out, so I was jacking manually.
Might not be your problem. But a sheer pin is a lot less than a new jack.
Good luck.
I pulled the rubber plug off the top and I could see the vertical gear being worn and not fully engaging with the horizontal gear. It also got stuck at one point and wouldn't rotate in either direction.
