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ga traveler · 04-12-2012, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by greystroke

If you are a do it yourselfer like myself, you can call the Mfgr like HWH and just get a new pad. HWH is fantastic to it's customers. Other mfgrs require you to go to their dealers and order parts.

There are several ways to replace the pads but the one I like the best is

1. Extend the jacks as far as possible
2. Buy some wooden clothes pins and take them apart.
3. Insert the wood in both springs starting at the bottom and going all the wayup.
4. Retract the jack and use a board assist to push the jack up.
5. The springs will be loose enough to take the pad off
6. Intall the new pad
7. Extend the jacks and remove the wood.

I replaced my front springs this way.

Better than paying an arm and leg.

These are not HWH jacks. they are power gear. Power gear is much easier to change. You just let the jacks all the way up.(retracted) Unscrew the top
screw in the spring holder. Remove the spring and take the bolt out of the base plate. Any garage that has a power press, can place the plate on the press and straighten it out.

greystroke · 04-13-2012, 03:07 PM

Thanks for the info about POWER GEAR.

Great Info. Wish mine were that easy. I will probably have to replace my back springs soon.

pagosajoe · 04-13-2012, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ga traveler

These are not HWH jacks. they are power gear. Power gear is much easier to change. You just let the jacks all the way up.(retracted) Unscrew the top
screw in the spring holder. Remove the spring and take the bolt out of the base plate. Any garage that has a power press, can place the plate on the press and straighten it out.

Thanks for the detailed info, Traveler! May have to give it a try soon. Still have to find a garage with a press in this tiny little town. That may be the hardest part!

ottffss · 04-13-2012, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pagosajoe

...and when the jacks were lowered, it broke the support boards in half and broke through the asphalt, causing a nice, round hole in the driveway...

Ah Ha. Maybe what you need is an upgrade to your 2x12s. I use these bullet proof pads and have used them to span a wide hole in the ground and then jacked all 45,000lbs of my moho right on that pad without nary a whimper from it. These things will not break.

Maybe it's easier to just use one of these pads under your new peg-leg than it is to take the bent one off. Besides, I really like the stories that are swirling about. You'll be the it at every CG!

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pagosajoe · 04-13-2012, 06:42 PM

Looks like a great system - but the hole in the asphalt was far wider than that. Rain/snow had undercut it considerably wider than the available pads. BUT - they look like a great accessory - still may end up getting a set! Thanks for the info...

sdennislee · 04-13-2012, 06:54 PM

Another reson to skip the sledge fix is this will cold work the steel which could cause it to weaken (similar to bending a coat hanger to break it). If you get it off a shop can heat it before straightening it.

MickBrennan · 04-13-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pagosajoe

This afternoon when we put the jacks down to level the coach, the driver side/rear jack pad broke through the asphalt in our driveway (the pavement was apparently undercut by water). The jack functions fine and levels the coach, but the "pancake" foot is bent upward on either side of the jack post.

Has anyone replaced the pad that contacts the ground? Is there a source for the replacement? Easy to do? Or, take it back to the dealer and let them fix it...?

We bent ours while half on a buried rock. I am very lazy. We have a straight rod (from a lolly column) and two steel plate hunks. I placed the rod and plate assembly between the pad and the frame and just lowered the coach. The weight of the moho coming down flattened the bent landing pad. But it is weakened and we need to do it again every once in a while.

pagosajoe · 04-13-2012, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sdennislee

Another reason to skip the sledge fix is this will cold work the steel which could cause it to weaken (similar to bending a coat hanger to break it). If you get it off a shop can heat it before straightening it.

My thought too. Wouldn't want the pad to lose its temper, or it would break when sufficient pressure was placed on it. I agree that heat treating it would be the best way to go...and I still have to find a garage in this tiny little town that can do it.

pagosajoe · 04-13-2012, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MickBrennan

We bent ours while half on a buried rock. I am very lazy. We have a straight rod (from a lolly column) and two steel plate hunks. I placed the rod and plate assembly between the pad and the frame and just lowered the coach. The weight of the moho coming down flattened the bent landing pad. But it is weakened and we need to do it again every once in a while.

Clever!