Drop Down Stabilisers
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 06, 2015 at 17:44
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Hi
We have drop-down stabilisers on the van which work great except for getting the things to swing down! We do a lot of dirt road travel and we find that grit, dust, whatever seems to get into the release mechanism so that I have to wriggle them up & down like crazy, whilst pulling on the handle & often end up using WD40 or similar to release the locking pins.
Originally the van had scissor type legs, which we replaced with Alko drop-downs. After 18 months or so the plastic handles on a couple of them broke so we replaced them with the Manutec ones, which seem a bit heavier duty, but both brands have had the same issue.
I don't imagine we're the only ones that have this issue so has anyone got a solution?
Thanks
David
Reply By: silvercruiser03 - Tuesday, Oct 06, 2015 at 19:50
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2015 at 19:50
Any lube that is at all sticky will make the problem much worse.
My solution is to use dry powdered graphite rubbed onto all moving surfaces.
I drop the arm out of their bracket, brush all dust off the arm, the bracket and locking pins with a dry paint brush carried just for the purpose. I then rub dry powdered graphite onto all moving surfaces before reassembling. I also lubricate the locking pins and springs on the Manutec stabilisers.
It works really
well and have been using it for years on my 'van that spends much of it's on-road life on dusty outback roads.
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Reply By: Ross M - Tuesday, Oct 06, 2015 at 22:17
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2015 at 22:17
The quicker people stop using WD40 for everything, the sooner many problems will go away.
WD40 will attract the crap you want to repel, then it dries to make sure it binds up.
A dry lubricant, or silicon may be much better as it won't hold onto the grit.
I haven't used WD40 for many years. it is a poor lubricant.
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