magic43 wrote:

The 4 nylon pads on the bottom seem to be doing their job because there was no paint skimmed off of the center of the jack leg. Of course, uneven terrain puts uneven pressures on the jack legs so surely there is some flexing taking place.

All 4 of my jacks are missing paint, but only one had any sign of any paint build up. A silicone spray may improve the slideability is that a new word?)of the jack legs. Surely it would not do any harm.

Pete_k wrote:

I do mine a little different but its worked for over 6 years. Taking a picture from the first post.


And just taking the motor off the top. In the above picture you can see there's room to use a White grease spray can and straw placing the straw next to these small openings around that inside SQ you can shoot this White Grease down onto the worm gear.
Sure beats tearing your jacks in pieces. And doing it this way It takes me less then an hour to do all 4 jacks with the camper sitting on the truck.
Plus less room for me to mess something up or leave a step out that could cause a camper to fall.

Pete

Pete_k wrote:

I do mine a little different but its worked for over 6 years. Taking a picture from the first post.


And just taking the motor off the top. In the above picture you can see there's room to use a White grease spray can and straw placing the straw next to these small openings around that inside SQ you can shoot this White Grease down onto the worm gear.
Sure beats tearing your jacks in pieces. And doing it this way It takes me less then an hour to do all 4 jacks with the camper sitting on the truck.
Plus less room for me to mess something up or leave a step out that could cause a camper to fall.

Pete

magic43 wrote:

Since taking mine apart, I know that even with a hole drilled anywhere you want it, you absolutely can not properly lubricate everything that need it without a dis-assembly. Plus the complete dis-assembly is not a chore.

Two screws remove the motor assembly. One plastic plug and the "shift" lever removes the nylon motor socket "clutch", and one "E" clip removes the manual drive socket and the top gear. Lift the bottom gear out and a roll pin slipped out releases the entire lower telescoping section.

I then removed the 6 screws to remove the top motor/gear housing and greased all of the gears in the top gear assembly.

I used a small tub of Liquid Wrench white lithium grease that I bought from Carquest. That is some sticky grease. It will surely outlast whatever the factory used.

I spent about 30 minutes per jack and I now have complete confidence in my jacks. I would also be very comfortable dis-assembling one if a failure should occur while traveling.