The last three weeks I have been talking with the hydraulic jack company to figure out why the rear jacks are not working. Each one is not working for a different reason. The left rear one extends and retracts, but it does not kick down. The right rear one is stuck in the extended mode but it does kick down. So there were some trouble shooting tips the technical support helped me out with.
The right jack was the technical supports first concern. First step was to remove the pressure of the hydraulic line on the right side to see if the jack retracts. The jack did not retract. Then I checked all the fuses. There are 6 fuses and they are all good. So they suggested for me to send back the right jack. Here is a picture of the right jack removed. As you can see the silver part is the piston that should be retracted into the black tube. It is stuck out, so I am sending this one back for a rebuild.
The left jack was next. Then they had me release the solenoid to see if the jack would kick down. No luck. The evening before I left to go camping I had my neighbor look under the RV, because he used to work on big semi trucks and has some experience with hydraulics. When we got under the RV to inspect it closer he saw that the cable snapped on the left jack. The cable helps the jack kick down. So at Walmart I took the cable off the right jack (since I am sending that one back anyway to get repaired) and installed it on the left jack. Here is a picture of the two cables. The top one is from the broken right jack and the bottom cable is from the left jack.
Low and behold the left jack works!
Here is a close up of the left rear jack extended and working. I will need to bleed the system (which means put more hydraulic fluid in the lines) once I get the other jack returned to me. I am hoping to get the right jack sent out this week.
1 comment:
Awesome that you got it to work.
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