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Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 01-25-2014, 08:30 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
Mary, There is a good chance that for the...

Mary,

There is a good chance that for the price of a spray can of silicone and the inconvenience of laying on your back to reach under your coach with the jacks down to spray the rams they will...
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 01-21-2014, 08:54 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
The jack cylinders can be fixed by a good...

The jack cylinders can be fixed by a good hydraulic repair shop that has experience with HWH cylinders. Find one in your local area and ask them if they have experience working on them. If not find...
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 01-21-2014, 07:56 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
I use Silicone spray on mine regularly to keep...

I use Silicone spray on mine regularly to keep the retract speed up. Am I impatient-Yup (-:
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 01-20-2014, 08:36 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
I replaced all my springs before I had the jacks...

I replaced all my springs before I had the jacks fixed. They did not cure MY problem.
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 01-19-2014, 10:41 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
Inspector, If your jacks are so stiff that...

Inspector,

If your jacks are so stiff that you have to use a pry to get them up I doubt just upgrading to the newer behive/tapered end springs will be enough of a improvment to get them to retract...
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 10-18-2013, 09:44 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
Some years ago HWH changed the design of the...

Some years ago HWH changed the design of the retract springs to ones that were stronger. I don't know what year it was but the newer style are easy to identify. The new ones have a tapered bee hive...
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 10-09-2013, 09:26 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
HWH seems unwilling to admit there is a design...

HWH seems unwilling to admit there is a design flaw with their jacks that is often the cause of the slow retraction.

When I bought our Sportscoach used all the jacks were very slow retracting....
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 09-27-2013, 09:43 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
When I purchased our coach used all of the jacks...

When I purchased our coach used all of the jacks were slow-two had to be levered up to get them all the way up. I contacted a local hydraulic repair shop and asked if they worked on HWH RV jacks....
Forum: General Maintenance and Repair 09-22-2013, 05:52 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 18,357
Posted By jauguston
Try spraying the shaft with a spray can of...

Try spraying the shaft with a spray can of silicone. One of mine (HWH) gets slow and a spray speeds it right up.I got the spray at NAPA.

Jim
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