navyAZ1
Well-known member
Well my landing gear is finally fixed and working fine again! Thanks to the guidance of Gary521 he sent me in the right direction and pointed out a great flaw in the information needed for landing gear maintenance. It was the "screw drive" that was the problem it was sooooo dry I could barely turn it with my hand. I lubed it and all is well the landing gear works like it did when the coach was new.
I would recommend that everyone with the electric landing gear remove the landing gear legs, disassemble them, and lube that screw drive. If you don't feel comfortable doing this at least get someone to do it for you especially if your rig is 3 to 4 years old as our is. I could not believe that we were never told to lube this and that there is no way to lube the screw drive without completely taking the landing gear out and taking it apart. But Gary521 had a great idea again he suggested while I had the legs apart to drill a ¼" hole in the outter housing at 10" & 15" from the top to allow the injection of lubricants to keep the screw drive lubed. I also plan to try and find a few rubber caps to snap in those holes to help keep out dust and such.
Gary my friend I can't think you enough for the assist in this, I was at a total loss as to what was wrong after replacing the gears, gear box, and motor and still had the same problem, but once I lubed that screw drive everything was fine. This just proves again we have some great sources for information here on the forum and makes me even happier that Ann and I are members of the Heartland family.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All
See Ya at the Rally in June.
Ron:angel:
I would recommend that everyone with the electric landing gear remove the landing gear legs, disassemble them, and lube that screw drive. If you don't feel comfortable doing this at least get someone to do it for you especially if your rig is 3 to 4 years old as our is. I could not believe that we were never told to lube this and that there is no way to lube the screw drive without completely taking the landing gear out and taking it apart. But Gary521 had a great idea again he suggested while I had the legs apart to drill a ¼" hole in the outter housing at 10" & 15" from the top to allow the injection of lubricants to keep the screw drive lubed. I also plan to try and find a few rubber caps to snap in those holes to help keep out dust and such.
Gary my friend I can't think you enough for the assist in this, I was at a total loss as to what was wrong after replacing the gears, gear box, and motor and still had the same problem, but once I lubed that screw drive everything was fine. This just proves again we have some great sources for information here on the forum and makes me even happier that Ann and I are members of the Heartland family.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All
See Ya at the Rally in June.
Ron:angel: