Our EAGLE 284BHS came with electric stabilizers front and rear, as many of the JAYCO TT's do. From the start I thought they were useless and on the next TT, they will not be ordered. I purchased (4) 2.5 ton Leveling Scissor Jacks (Harbor Freight #96406), and that solved the problem. I level the TT with the scissor jacks and then put out the stabilizers to help a little more.
This morning, after a week of 6+ inches of rain I figured it was time to re-level the TT, as the bathroom door was swinging open. I hit the button on the rear stabilizer and raised it about 4". I go the front, hit the switch there NOTHING.
OK, this is the stabilizer that did not work about 6 years ago. It was a defective switch, JAYCO sent me a replacement at no charge. Pulled the switch off the side, pulled out the multimeter, ahhh 13.4VDC at the switch female socket, which is GREAT! Tested the switch to see if it was working properly by using the ohm's setting. The switch is working fine. Plugged the multimeter into the 2 switch (motor) sockets and got a resistance, ok maybe that is the motor's resistance. Bypassed the switch with 2 shorting plugs, and NOTHING.
We leveled the TT on the scissor jacks and extended the rear electric stabilizer. That is done. I extended the front stabilizer manually, then bypassed the switch with the shorting plugs in hopes that the motor contacts may have been corroded, No luck. I will be tracing the motor wires to see if any critter had lunch over the winter, but I doubt it. I will remove the motor and test it on 12 volts to see if it works.
I see the purchase of a new motor in the future, maybe I will take the motor in to have it rebuilt. I have done this in the past with a lot of success at a fraction of the cost of a new one.
The point I want to make here is that the factory electric stabilizers are useless compared to the scissor jacks.
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