Leaking Atwood Landing Gear Motor
Seen lots of posts of gear issues here, but not anything like the problem I am having. I have a 2003 Alfa Sun 32 with a single motor Atwood landing gear system. Never had problems until last unhook; w...
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The motor drive assembly is comprised of electric motor connected to a drive gear.
The drive gear section is factory lubricated....the lube has gotten hot and leaked out between motor/drive gear
The gear reduction assembly is a 3:1 gear assembly that is also factory lubed. If leaking it has also gotten hot.
Motor/drive and reduction gear are not serviceable (as in no rebuild parts). They are to be replaced when failed.
Failure could be due to landing gear assembly having bent tube, worm gear/bevel gear worn, screw shaft/drive nut galled up
With 5rv hooked up to truck can you manually raise/lower landing gear easily?
Disconnect cross bar on motor driven side.......can you manually turn cross bar and easily move opposite side landing gear??
Any binding...needs to be repaired before a new motor/reduction gear install (OR low battery voltage causing slow motor/overheating)
The drive gear section is factory lubricated....the lube has gotten hot and leaked out between motor/drive gear
The gear reduction assembly is a 3:1 gear assembly that is also factory lubed. If leaking it has also gotten hot.
Motor/drive and reduction gear are not serviceable (as in no rebuild parts). They are to be replaced when failed.
Failure could be due to landing gear assembly having bent tube, worm gear/bevel gear worn, screw shaft/drive nut galled up
With 5rv hooked up to truck can you manually raise/lower landing gear easily?
Disconnect cross bar on motor driven side.......can you manually turn cross bar and easily move opposite side landing gear??
Any binding...needs to be repaired before a new motor/reduction gear install (OR low battery voltage causing slow motor/overheating)
