Recent content by Occo

The legs are hard to see where a reference point for a painted line. I have been looking at the foot for a long time and that has been ok until my attention was diverted for a second and CLUNK!! This little fix is so easy to monitor and it is very inexpensive. Just a little helpful tool if...

That is fine if you can see the end of the tubing. When the tubing end is up inside the compartment and out of sight the white line is useless.

Hello All, How many of you have jammed the landing gear up when retracting it and causing expensive damage? Well, I have and it made me mad and feeling stupid. The experience caused me to consult with my engineer son for a solution. We came up with something that will help to stop this from...

I hear you. If this fix does not hold up I think a second motor (about $250.00) would be the next move. The hydraulic change is out of my budget. I also learned the manufacturers will not sell just the jack nut (911-10) so I could repair the landing gear. They want to sell the complete jack leg...

I am re-posting this because the jack screw on the driver's side failed, threads stripped. After studying the installation for a while and not wanting to pull the generator, I decided to cut an access hole in the generator housing compartment right where the upper jack clamp is. Made it big...

The thing I like about the relay is it's current rating (150A surge and 75A continuous) and it is mounted close to the motor. No long runs of large wires. The control switch is handling low current with smaller wiring.

Hi Lou and Bette, I used the existing switch that is the 'up/down' switch. Re-wired it to the new relay. I used #8 wiring for the motor and relay power. Got solder connectors at Lowes.

The landing gear switch that controls the current to the motor was hot. The current is enough to fry the switch. The factory uses a double pole double throw switch wired in parallel to try to handle the current. I had problems with mine and when I discovered this I looked for a better way to do...

Brian, Things falling to them, dirt, hot air coming up at you, and just plain UGLY. The idea of incorporating them in toe kicks or cabinets sounds good. Also, on a wall a small cabinet could be made to accommodate a register. Anything would be better than in the middle of the floor. YUCK!!

I have a generator and it makes it impossible to get to the driver's side jack for maintenance. Why Heartland did not see this and make an accommodation to service the jack escapes me. Oh well, It is up to the owners to come up with ways to take care of their units or just give a dealer a bunch...

I am tired of dealing with the problems floor mounted heat vents cause. I am looking into removing them and reinstalling them in a vertical space, ie; wall, cabinet, anywhere they could be and be fed from under the coach. Has anyone else done this? If so, please give some advice. Thanks in...

I have read a lot about the accuracy problems with tank probes. It sounds to me that the Horst probe sensors are the only thing that works well. WHY do the manufactures keep putting the same junk, that always fails, into new coaches?? You would think they would try to correct these kind of...

Dave, The rig has not been on the road much, maybe 20000 miles. I wouldn't have detected the problem if my son hadn't done a close inspection for me. I sure hope all trailering RV'ers do frequent inspections and maintenance. Bill

Oregon Camper, Here are a few pics of the 'crap bushings', or the remains of them. My suggestion for tests are to jack up the rig to relieve the tires off the ground. Use a small jack to lift each axle a little, one at a time, to check for sloppy fit at the pivot points. use a pry bar also to...

Hi All, Recently my son and I decided to look at the spring shackle and equa-flex bushings on our 2009 Bighorn. It has Lippert 6000 axles. What we found was a mess. Some of them were nylon and a few were bronze. The nylon was totally worn thru and gone and a few of the bronze were worn very...