New Jack Pad feet

[jbwilli1]

Mine mushroomed on ACE 32.1

 

[phalexander]

Read a post about Snap Pads and/or homemade alternatives wherein levelers that retract by springs can be overwhelmed by additional weight and have trouble retracting. I asked a Snap Pad representative who said they have never heard of any such problem. Perhaps the OP had some other issues with their system that contributed to his complaint but it gave me pause.

 

[jannnda]

All four feet on my Aria 3901 have bent too on grass even with two plastic 14" pads under each jack. I took them off and used a hydraulic press to straighten them. I intend to weld 1/8" steel plates on the bottom of each one or try Snap Pads.

I bent the crap out of two of the feet. Got new ones and Snap Pads. Stopped the bending of the feet. I really like them.

 

[Bob Denman]

I've got to remember to move them to the top of my "gottahave" list...

 

[wrapped]

Ordered snap pads received them in 5 days, liberally coated top rim with dawn wife put jacks down one at a time while I lined them up,all 4 done 15minutes. Been on about 6 weeks 300miles love them.

 

[Bob Denman]

Ordered snap pads received them in 5 days, liberally coated top rim with dawn wife put jacks down one at a time while I lined them up,all 4 done 15minutes. Been on about 6 weeks 300miles love them.

The more tha I keep hearing stuff like this: the more I know that I'm gonna get into trouble with the Missus!

 

[halfprice-THOR]

I got snap pads 3 years ago. They work great

Now I had problems installing mine. They were to big and I could snap them on and off by hand

Talk to the rep and measured the metal pad. Well mine were about 1/2" smaller. Of course not snap pads problem/fault. Rep checked all specs of my levelers but lucky me mine were different then what the speaks called for. Who knows how or why mine were smaller. My fix was drilling two holes in the snap pads and use 1/4' bolts with nylon locking nuts to hold them on

I check the bolt heads once in a while and no wear at all

Jerry

 

[LDK]

Quick update that I changed my Aria 3901 from 9" to 12" feet, and added Snappads. Working fantastic even on fairly soft ground.

 

[engrprof]

New 12" Lippert jack feet and SnapPads

Hey LDK, A question for you about my Aria 3901: I noticed upon jack retraction that the 12" SnapPad slightly hits the lower bracket of the air tank in the driver side rear. What have you encountered? I tried to attach a pic without success. Thanks, Marty Potts

 

[Chuck and Mary Ann]

Where did you order the 12" new "feet" from? I'd liked to change my 9's, but not sure where to go or which ones fit - Palazzo 36.1

 

[Bob Denman]

I've got 12" Octagonally-shaped pads on mine.
Does anybody know if Snap Pads has something to fit over them?
(They don't specifically list my RV... )

 

[engrprof]

Where did you order the 12" new "feet" from? I'd liked to change my 9's, but not sure where to go or which ones fit - Palazzo 36.1

Lippert Components (ph:574-537-8900) sent the 12" feet to me "free gratis". The packing slip says: 12" round footpad kit, Hydraulic Jacks, black. Item # 696887. The kit included the center bolt, washer, and 2 O-rings.

 

[LDK]

Hey LDK, A question for you about my Aria 3901: I noticed upon jack retraction that the 12" SnapPad slightly hits the lower bracket of the air tank in the driver side rear. What have you encountered? I tried to attach a pic without success. Thanks, Marty Potts

Hello. Very close but did not touch. Possibly does not touch because of the direction I installed the SnapPads.

 

[LDK]

Lippert Components (ph:574-537-8900) sent the 12" feet to me "free gratis". The packing slip says: 12" round footpad kit, Hydraulic Jacks, black. Item # 696887. The kit included the center bolt, washer, and 2 O-rings.

Quite nice of Lippert!

 

[our20th]

My 2022 Thor Aria 3901 had the stock 9 inch pads that in less than a year totally distorted parking on hard surfaces. These metal pads are the same ones used on 5th wheels weighing half as much as the motor home. They are grossly undersized for the intended purpose.
I recently put 4 new Lippert 9 in pads on so that I could install Snap pads. I wanted to be sure that the fit would be correct. No luck, after just 3 trips parking on concrete 2 of the pads fell off.

After speaking at great length with the Snap Pad reps they confirmed as I said earlier the 9 in pads are not rated for the weight. As a result they have warrantied many units due to this failure of design.

They strongly suggested going to the 12 inch pads. They feel the weight distribution over the larger surface area will minimize the distorting even though they are constructed in the same manner as the 9 in. They also said the warranty claims for the larger pads is nil.

 

[BigDon53]

Snap Pads

What size go on a 2017 Thor Aria?

 

[2xred]

Snap Pads are the way to go. Order from the company and vets get 10% discount. My neighbor took one side and I the other, total install time less than 20 minutes. I used cheap dish soap liberally!

I just went to their website and couldn’t find an option to by direct in order to get the veteran discount. Do you have to call them?

 

[MJC68]

What size go on a 2017 Thor Aria?

Go to the Snap Pad website, they have a questionnaire regarding your rig that will tell you what pads to order.

 

[m1noel]

Your Aria should have come with 9 inch pads. Check them out, mine bent almost immediately and the snap pads did not fit without bolting them on. I bought new feet from RV Paws and they fit the snap pads perfectly.