Atwood Electric Jack Locked Up in Retracted Position

[sasquatchgeoff]

For some reason, my driverside-front jack is locked up in the retracted position. Took the motor off, the shaft and bevel gear will not turn. Worked fine when I last loaded. Drove home parked, went out to unload, and jack shaft will not rotate.

Is there some trick I am missing, or do I need to start looking for a jack?

[Led_67]

sasquatchgeoff wrote:
For some reason, my driverside-front jack is locked up in the retracted position. Took the motor off, the shaft and bevel gear will not turn. Worked fine when I last loaded. Drove home parked, went out to unload, and jack shaft will not rotate.

Is there some trick I am missing, or do I need to start looking for a jack?

The question that I have is why is the bevel gear jammed, It obviously went up fine so either something has gotten into the gears or the shaft is jammed within the leg itself.
I would attempt to lower the leg manually before disassembly of the gears as well as checking the leg housing for debris as well as true.

Good luck

[sasquatchgeoff]

Thanks for the reply and encouragement. I probably should have been more clear. The motor is fine, in fact I was impressed with its condition with a May 97 date stamp. I'm thinking the shaft itself is broke or the connection at the bottom broke and bound up the jack threads.

I ordered a replacement so we can mark this solved since I could not see a way to get the jack to move.

[guidry]

Happijac sells reconditioned/refurbished motors; Atwood might too if you call them or check out their website. Good luck