JHornsby3
Well-Known Member
- Nov 10, 2020
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- Boat Info
- "Steele'y Tutz"
1992 300 Sundancer
- Engines
- Twin 4.3L W/Alpha One Gen II
So the one thing I have yet to go over is the jack on this trailer. Now I have towed and worked on everything from a 3'X3' Harbor Freight trailer to a quad axle removeable goose neck lowboy with a three axle Jeep. And I have worked on the jack on a few. Every trailer I have worked on the jack, had a grease zerk to keep it lubed good. Or the top cap came off so grease could be put in the top. This is an old Atwood 5000# jack and it is sealed all but a small hole just under the handle. Am I right that this hole is for putting oil into the screw?
I took some of the full synthetic diesel oil that is infused with at least 40% diesel (bad injector return line leak that filled the crank case with fuel. Bad shop repair) and have run some into the top where the handle is. This did help it to move a little. But just in the down not the up.
Should I just keep filling the oil into the hole and see if it will break free and move or am I peeing up a rope?
I took some of the full synthetic diesel oil that is infused with at least 40% diesel (bad injector return line leak that filled the crank case with fuel. Bad shop repair) and have run some into the top where the handle is. This did help it to move a little. But just in the down not the up.
Should I just keep filling the oil into the hole and see if it will break free and move or am I peeing up a rope?