Landing gear motor.
08 landing gear on Cedar Creek has one mot. It really labor’s. Can a guy remove the head banger shaft that crosses from drivers side to curb side and attach a second motor. This would make for unobs...
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laknox wrote:cummins2014 wrote:laknox wrote:amxpress wrote:
Hooking up a 2nd motor could probably be performed. How would you synchronize their speed so the landing gears operate at the same speed?
I have no idea where the zerk comments come from!
Why would you need to worry about sync'ing them? Put in 2 switches to control them separately.
Lyle
Except if one is slowing down, then they would not be running at the same speed.. Sure you could run them separate to get them back even, but no guarantees they are going to run the same speed pushing both switches at the same time .
I've =seen= factory installed 2-motor/2-switch legs in operation and they =always= had to adjust one side as that motor just ran faster when both switches were pressed at the same time. (FWIW, old GF's father's FW.) The 4-pt system on my KZ, on a virtually level concrete pad always runs one more than the other. You simply can't sync the motors that closely without complex and expensive electronics involved.
Other thing about having 2 motors is that the legs jack about 2x faster, if not more, than a single motor setup. Old Komfort had the single motor and it was =slow=!
Lyle
I think we are agreeing here :) Two motors ,two landing gears one is binding a bit or needs grease, although obviously they are both geared the same.
Case in point with the 2010, motor booked down to a stop, just didn't have the power to turn both. Pulled the drive side off,had a bad spot in the worm gear where it would not turn at all by hand. He ordered a new leg, although it ran , it was very slow. Pulled the opposite side off, and turned by hand ,it was pretty stiff, greased it up, and things ran well.
I guess my point is, I don't think the OP needs a double motor , he needs to just get those gears lubed up somehow.
