Argh. I have no clue why I never thought of this. Learned the hard way as I tried to crank down the stabilizing jacks on my Fleetwood pop-up trailer a couple of weeks ago. Bent the crank holder in the process. While trying to crank down the jack heard horrible grinding sound. Then could barely get the crank to fit on the lift sytem jack. All of this could have been avoided with a little WD-40 and basic maintenance!!! WD-40 ( or similar) will do a bit of cleaning of the gunk, displace any water and allow for SMOOTH turning of metal parts. Before you go out- test out your jack and give them a good cleaning.
I could have seriously damaged my trailer.
Using WD-40
Posted by admin in General Camping