Landing gear problem

Njmurvin wrote:
I purchased my 2011 AF 27-5 used. Yesterday, I returned from short trip and parked it in my driveway which has a downslope. As a result, I have to extend the legs quite far to get it level to open the slides - even after placing 4" blocks under the legs. I have done this several times and it has always made it to level. This time, I heard a click and everything quit. A few seconds later, another click and it was alive again. I concluded that the motor was overheated (thermal breaker) so I waited a few hours to try again. After waiting, it started slowly like it was really straining. Then, POW, something broke loose and it motored right up to level. What I didn't notice at the time was that only the driver side jack was extending. When I later realized the other jack was dangling in the air, I lowered it until the weight rested on both jacks. That's where it now sits.

My old trailer had a pin or bolt in the landing gear that engaged the opposite side jack and I had that break or fall out once. Does this one have something similar? I haven't had a chance to really dig into this yet - hoping someone else has faced this before and can tell what to do and how to get to it. If it isn't this, then some troubleshooting advice would be welcome.

Is the driveway so steep that the drop extensions are fully extended before you start powering the legs down and you're =still= hitting the stop? If so, that's not a driveway =I'd= want to park on; that's probably 6' of possible extension. You should =never= be hitting the full-extension stop on your landing legs. Why none of the mfrs put a bright red band on the legs on =both= ends, has baffled me for years. On something that steep, I'd not want the landing legs on blocks, at all; I'd want them firmly on the ground with nothing in between to rock. IMO, what you =should= be doing is backing in, power down the legs 8-10" =then= drop the extensions. After this, unhitch, then level. If you have the habit, like some I've seen, of traveling with the legs in the fully retracted position, then you might want to drop them 12-18" before dropping the extensions.

Lyle