Slipping/Clicking Landing Gear
I've had my 2008 Sundance 2700 RL now for about one year. My first season of camping was very exciting. About mid way through the season, I started hearing a clicking sound coming from near the motor ...
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We have Atwood landing gear and there is no such thing as a clutch. Slideouts; yes. Landing gear; no.
There IS a thrust bearing just below the top drive plate in the tower (below the bevel gear). If it goes, the jackscrew shaft rides up in the housing and crimps the bevel gear against the drive shaft. the result is (usually)a chipped tooth on the crown gear. This will click and skip a bevel gear tooth each time it comes around, particularly under load. (i.e. gear going down) The landing feet will get farther and farther out of sync and/or the crown gear will finally shatter.
Full rebuild kit (for Atwood) consisting of thrust bearing, felt and steel washers, bevel gear, crown gear, both drive pins, and the drive shaft bushings was about $65, two years ago.
There IS a thrust bearing just below the top drive plate in the tower (below the bevel gear). If it goes, the jackscrew shaft rides up in the housing and crimps the bevel gear against the drive shaft. the result is (usually)a chipped tooth on the crown gear. This will click and skip a bevel gear tooth each time it comes around, particularly under load. (i.e. gear going down) The landing feet will get farther and farther out of sync and/or the crown gear will finally shatter.
Full rebuild kit (for Atwood) consisting of thrust bearing, felt and steel washers, bevel gear, crown gear, both drive pins, and the drive shaft bushings was about $65, two years ago.
