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BurbMan
May 17, 2022Explorer II
Here are the pics:




Looks like that drive gear is already worn down looking at how flat the top of the teeth are.
That was my first reaction too...parts like this can be very difficult to find.
I had a similar issue with our Sunnybrook years ago, the drive gear was plastic! After many hours on the web I discovered by chance that they used a metal version of the same gear in a brand of power tongue jack, and for $10 I was able to order a gear and fix the slide mechanism.




Looks like that drive gear is already worn down looking at how flat the top of the teeth are.
sdcampowneroperator wrote:
Well, I am a welder so in my shop with my MIG welder I built the teeth up, ground and filed then turned it on the lathe to 100thous. oversize.
That was my first reaction too...parts like this can be very difficult to find.
I had a similar issue with our Sunnybrook years ago, the drive gear was plastic! After many hours on the web I discovered by chance that they used a metal version of the same gear in a brand of power tongue jack, and for $10 I was able to order a gear and fix the slide mechanism.
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