jack stand

[trickyricky]

Has anyone changed a hydraulic jack without hooking up the RV to your Truck?
I have a leaky one on my 2026 Paradigm 382rk
I would call it number 2 on the left side with 3 on each side.
Do both rears on one side move simultaneously when I go into manual mode?
I have blocks under the frame now beside each jack but, I am still a little nervous to start on this project.
When I remove hydraulic hoses the jack needs to be in a retracted position correct? I should not loose much fluid that way.
Just want some reassurance I'm doing it correctly.
Thanks

 

[Oregon_Camper]

I would 100% attach to truck and have middle and rear jacks up. You don't want pressure in those lines.

Here is a video I did on this, with our prior RV

 

[BryanValRox]

Has anyone changed a hydraulic jack without hooking up the RV to your Truck?
I have a leaky one on my 2026 Paradigm 382rk
I would call it number 2 on the left side with 3 on each side.
Do both rears on one side move simultaneously when I go into manual mode?
I have blocks under the frame now beside each jack but, I am still a little nervous to start on this project.
When I remove hydraulic hoses the jack needs to be in a retracted position correct? I should not loose much fluid that way.
Just want some reassurance I'm doing it correctly.
Thanks

You have a couple of options.
As others have said, attach it to the truck and raise all jacks.
The other non truck option, would be to chock the wheels, lower the unit so it is resting the frame on properly rated jack stands or very solid blocking of some type. Again, once supported ensure all jacks are retracted and change out your bad one.

Your rear and front jacks for that matter usually only move one at a time UNTIL they make ground contact and pressure equalizes.

I know on ours, it LH Front first, RH Front.
On the rear its the same LH side front first, followed by LH rear and the RH Rear Front with the LH Rear Rear usually grounding last.(generally speaking of course)

Work safely!

 

[Oregon_Camper]

Again, once supported ensure all jacks are retracted and change out your bad one.

The 6 jacks share the same hydraulic tank, but the front 2 jacks are on a different run then the back jacks. This means the front jacks can be down without pressure on the rear jacks. If you watch my video linked above, you will see Matt explain how the middle and rear jacks share the hydraulic line. It actually passes through middle jack...pretty cool.

 

[trickyricky]

Jim,
So what you are saying is, if the front is separate then I should be able to leave them down while putting the rears up.
I will not have any lose of fluid, as the front is on its own separate lines?

 

[Oregon_Camper]

Jim,
So what you are saying is, if the front is separate then I should be able to leave them down while putting the rears up.
I will not have any lose of fluid, as the front is on its own separate lines?

Correct