Extending front landing gear technique
During the past year with my new fifth wheel when unhooking I always pulled the pin and dropped the front feet and then raised the trailer with the extend button. A couple of times I had difficulty m...
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Marking the legs: I've never marked the full extension point, but the upper point: good idea. Twice I've run the legs up too far and have broken off a bolt. I've gotten a bit careless about watching the legs go upward, and most recently I let my wife run the legs up. Yep, went too far and broke the bolt, and just this morning I had to bum a bolt from my camping neighbor. Otherwise, I was going to have to use a nail or something just to make sure the leg didn't vibrate it's way down and contact the pavement, or something.
For OP: there are two bolts that act as safety shear pins if the legs are run up too far. There is a square tube that runs across the storage area at the front, which rotates as the gear drive operates. A bolt is at both ends. The shaft's purpose is to keep the legs extending at the same rate throughout the travel. Not too hard to fix, but I don't know where to get the factory shear bolts, and I'm concerned that the next incident may shear teeth off the gear drive, or something like it.
For OP: there are two bolts that act as safety shear pins if the legs are run up too far. There is a square tube that runs across the storage area at the front, which rotates as the gear drive operates. A bolt is at both ends. The shaft's purpose is to keep the legs extending at the same rate throughout the travel. Not too hard to fix, but I don't know where to get the factory shear bolts, and I'm concerned that the next incident may shear teeth off the gear drive, or something like it.
