Barker Electric Jack Maintenance

[Camper Wayne]

I have a Barker VIP 3000 Electric Jack and love it. Here's the instruction sheet for it:

http://www.barkermfg.com/vip3000.pdf

On page three, it lists some items that need to be greased. On page four, the parts list does not list a single item mentioned in the instructions on page three. Does anyone know how to do what they're asking and can relate them to the parts page? The instructions as-is are very unclear.

How many people never grease their jack?

[JRTJH]

Remove the screws, #34, lift off the cover, #32, clean the gears, # 26 & 31, inspect the bushings, #27. If needed, apply Mobilith #460 to the gear assembly. If the old grease is caked and brittle, you would want to disassemble the jack, clean all the gears and reassemble with new grease.

As for maintenance frequency. When we had travel trailers, we always kept a 2 gallon bucket over the hitch head while in storage. That kept rain/sun off the jack head. We usually had some surface rust on the jack extension leg/foot. I found the hard way, that greasing it to stop rust caused more problems than just keeping it clean and dry.

Yes, we always did maintenance on our electric jack. It seemed like it stopped working at least once a year making disassembly and maintenance something we couldn't ignore.

[Camper Wayne]

Thanks John

I noticed a lot of people use a bucket over the jack. I bought the jack cover. Seems to work fine.