Does this sound right?
I had a new motor put in for my landing jacks on my 5er. Before I had a 30 amp fuse. They said they put in a larger motor and now requires a 40 amp fuse? I am confused?
Thanks
bruce
Thanks
bruce
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fj12ryder wrote:
The legs I've seen use a screw system to raise and lower the legs. There's no way for this system to drop the trailer unless the gears on the leg broke loose from the leg, and on both sides. I'd be really curious to see how this could happen. If someone knows, could they post an explanation please.
On the ones I've seen the motor drives a shaft witch has bevel gears on it. The bevel gears turn a screw that does the actual raising/lowering of the legs. The screws certainly shouldn't turn without power due to the friction involved. This keeps the legs from moving even if the gears, or motor, or both, fail.
I thought the same thing and that was why I was confused on how this could possibly happen. This is especially true since the OP said they were able to secure the broken motor and crank the trailer back up manually. The catastrophic failure of the landing gear required to have the trailer drop would not allow it to be cranked back up without major repair.
