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We have a 2003 Hi-Lo towlite 22’ and I need an idea for how to re-work the wardrobe. Every time we travel we end up having our bags on the kitchen counter and clothes strewn everywhere since our wardrobe is deep and relatively unusable. Our wardrobe is in the bathroom, tucked behind the sink...

Thank you! We did cut the guide rod out and took out the cylinder to have it assessed for rebuild or figure out what we need to purchase. That was a big project! Hopefully install goes smoother

Definitely, we’ve done a lot to our Hilo over the past 6 years and it’s treated us well. But my next post may be for a Hilo for sale in Austin.

Thank you, my husband has been living under it for the past two days. The guide rod is completely clean and greased and the plate is running smooth along it. Our only guess at this point is the piston is too bent to go into the ram to allow it to go down.

Can anyone show me where our manual release would be that releases the solenoid?

Thank you for this, I wasn’t sure how to manually release the top to lower. I am going to add this to my trouble shoot.

Yes we can lift the top, when we raise and lower we are stuck within the top 4 inches. Raising sounds normal, lowering just sounds stuck. You can hear the release and then it stops. We can see the lock disengage. Upon visual inspection all guide rails on the outside, Lower side of the camper are...

Thank you, we will try a local metal shop first

Thank you, I wanted to make sure we weren’t missing anything but yes, all the cables are connected and tight on all four corners.

We seem to be able to crank up, but you can see the guide plate pulling against the guide rod as it’s extending and creating the back of the rod to bend where it’s attached to the frame, when going down we move about 3 inches along the guide rod and it stops. All the tracks around the camper...

All of the cables appear to be taut. How do you best recommend to find where the cable would have snapped? Did you end up needing to replace the rod and cylinder when this happened to you or were you able to get it back into position to run smooth?

That’s what I figured, thank you for the insight. We will see what we can find to fit.

Thank you. We have now gotten the guide rod back into place but the plate is not sliding on the rod to lower it. Still working on getting everything straightened out but looking like we will need to replace the guide rod. Still need tips on where to purchase if anyone has any! I was not able to...

We were raising our camper and heard a large bang. We looked underneath and the guide rod and hydraulic lift have been bent and the guide rod popped out of place. We are now stuck in the up position. Wondering if anyone have tips on replacing, I have read a lot of forums but most have outdated...