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Brad_NSW
Explorer
May 21, 2014

Landing gear, worm gear stripped and dropped 5er (lucky)

Left Front landing gear was binding/acting up. Bought a rebuild kit for the top gears ($45). Put Left side on a block, replaced the gears. As I was running it through a test, it was binding even wo...
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rhagfo
Explorer III
May 21, 2014
Brad NSW wrote:
Left Front landing gear was binding/acting up. .......
On the way back down, the trailer dropped 3 inches onto the block! WOW, surprised the heck out of me.

.......... All's well that ends well.


Good planing on the blocking, I have always said plan for the worst and hope for the best!!!

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