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shadows4
Nomad
Aug 10, 2015

Do landing gear legs need to be timed?

Had a problem with my landing gear. Sheared the shear pin. We were able to make a pin to get me by till I got home. My question is do the legs need to be in line or timed?

I ask because when I was getting ready to leave today the drivers side leg didn't want to retract all the way. I retracted the legs until the motor clicked. Then I pulled the pin to push the inner legs up. The drivers side didn't want to be pushed all the way up. I was able to force it but that isn't usally the case. I was thinking maybe the drivers side was retracted more than the curb side?

I have looked but haven't been able to find what I need. I hope all of this makes sense. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, John

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    agesilaus
    Explorer III
    Aug 10, 2015
    Since you have the truck attached and taking the load of the fifth wheel on the hitch there shouldn't be all that much force on the landing legs. So I don't see what difference it would make in how you retract them. I frequently pull one all the way up before moving to the other side to get the other one. Unless you have two people retracting the legs it's about the only way you can do it.

    For the last few inches there will be the full weight of the camper on the legs but at that point I'm usually pulling/lowering up the legs in tandem with the 'both' switch. You'd only operate them separately when you are trying to level the camper.

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