Fifth Wheel Jacks Not Working

If you set up your trailer at a campground and go to lower the rv leveling jacks only to find that the motor is running but the jacks won t lower there are a few things you should look for.

Fifth wheel jacks not working.

The passenger side landing jack on our keystone cougar fifth wheel suffered a major failure last week. I have a 2002 carriage cameo 5th wheel. If the problem of rv leveling jacks not working persists go to lippert and pick up a cylinder kit to start fresh. Based on your description of the problem my suspicion is the ground.

Troubleshooting landing gear on new trailer not. Troubleshooting landing gear not lifting 5th wheel. Rv level jacks play an important role in not only keeping your rv in a comfortable orientation but they also keep you safely set in place. We ve never had a day of trouble with our hwh hydraulic motorhome jacks until this epic fail where we self inflicted a problem on ourselves.

So i brought it up a bit manually. Thank you for your help and counsel. Some videos get you close but don t reveal the trick that will allow you to not pay for a technician to come o. I was in the process of jacking the trailer off the truck when i heard and felt a loud clunk.

Haven t seen a video yet on how to solve this. For instance the replacement control module for lippert ground control 3 0 electric 5th wheel rv leveling system lc304136 is the replacement for the ground control system. Now i brought my leveling jacks all the way to the bottom because i was not leveled. Pulled truck away so far so good.

Customer service june 29th 2020. It could be from the actual weight of the loaded trailer exceeding the capacity of the oem jacks. Now i tried bringing jacks up a bit but it wouldn t go up. I can not locate my owner s manual or find one on line read more.

Our rv is parked in our driveway which has a small incline. Luckily i was still hooked to the truck so i set to work removing the faulty landing leg. Are there any manual fifth wheel type jack that i can use under the current jacks while we are trying to locate the right parts. But i knew something was not right with the jacks.

Rv makers tend to use less than the beefiest available oem components. I unhooked the rv from the hitch so far all goes well. The switch for lowing the front jacks is not working also the hand crank also isn t working.