hwh leveling jacks

[AFChap]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I have been lubing our HWH jacks with a thin film of silicone every week or 2 for the past year and a half (we are full-timers). Jacks come right up and the seals do not leak. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I too am a full-timer. I have NEVER lubed or wiped down my HWH jacks with anything whatsoever. The jacks come right up and the seals do not leak. I figure, it if ain't broke, why mess with it. If I ever have problems with my jacks, because of the experiences of others I have read about, I will adress springs first. I will NOT be crawling under the coach to spray anything on the jack pistons...

[paz]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by John Hilley:
I emailed HWH with a link to these posts. It looks like WD-40 is now accepted.

"Subject:
Re: Diagnose Problem
From:
"Joe Portelli" &lt;[email protected]&gt; (Add as Preferred Sender)
Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 1:01 pm
To: &lt;[email protected]&gt;
Cc: "LIZ EMMONS" &lt;[email protected]&gt;
Well I found the one you are talking about and I will tell you DO NOT spray
any lubricant on the rods at all. We were telling people to use silicone for
a short period of time about two years ago and we found it was doing more
harm than good so we stopped. What I tell people is when the jacks are
retracted they are sitting in oil, if the jacks are extended and they get a
heavy build of dirt on them spray them off with a garden hose or spray it
down with WD40 and then wipe it down good, but that is all.

Hopefully this answers your question.

If you have any other questions feel free to contact me.

Thank you
Joe Portelli" </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Interesting! It sounds like silicone that was once "in" is now "out" and that WD-40 that was once "out" is now "in." It sounds like they are saying do not use a lubricant, but use the WD-40 as more of a cleaning agent and wipe it off thoroughly.

[jdsr]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by paz:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by John Hilley:
I emailed HWH with a link to these posts. It looks like WD-40 is now accepted.

"Subject:
Re: Diagnose Problem
From:
"Joe Portelli" &lt;[email protected]&gt; (Add as Preferred Sender)
Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2008 1:01 pm
To: &lt;[email protected]&gt;
Cc: "LIZ EMMONS" &lt;[email protected]&gt;
Well I found the one you are talking about and I will tell you DO NOT spray
any lubricant on the rods at all. We were telling people to use silicone for
a short period of time about two years ago and we found it was doing more
harm than good so we stopped. What I tell people is when the jacks are
retracted they are sitting in oil, if the jacks are extended and they get a
heavy build of dirt on them spray them off with a garden hose or spray it
down with WD40 and then wipe it down good, but that is all.

Hopefully this answers your question.

If you have any other questions feel free to contact me.

Thank you
Joe Portelli" </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Interesting! It sounds like silicone that was once "in" is now "out" and that WD-40 that was once "out" is now "in." It sounds like they are saying do not use a lubricant, but use the WD-40 as more of a cleaning agent and wipe it off thoroughly. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Just got off phone with teck support. They now say you can use wd-40 but you must wipe it off imd. They said the reason for not leaving it on was it could attract dust or dirt. Im like alot of folks here and have never put anything on mine. safe travels