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jstaffon
Explorer
Oct 05, 2014

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 for the landing gear. The clicking would coincide with slippage. It seems to have started out at the extremes of the retracted and extended positions of the legs but now occurs throughout in the lifting scenario....not when retracting the gear. I contacted my dealer and he reaffirmed that "bowing" can cause the noise and bowing occurs at the extremes of the legs. I'm having problems throughout the range of motion but mostly in the fully retracted and fully extended positions. Late this year, I almost wasn't able to get the camper off my truck. I had to manually lift the trailer the remainder of the inch or two. Does anyone have any suggestions? .... Lubrication, gear replacement, etc, etc. Thanks in advance!
  • Carl_n_Susan's avatar
    Carl_n_Susan
    Nomad II
    Oct 05, 2014
    Most likely you have stripped one of the gears or the shear pin due to over extending/retracting the legs. The clutch usually survives much better than the gears. Re-building the leg is pretty easy. There are lots of PDFs on the Venture Mnfg. (maker of the landing leg) web site to aid you. Last time I looked a replacement shear pin was $0.25, gears if needed were around $35, and the entire leg (if you don't want to deal with repairing what you have) was around $150. The part number is printed on the underside of the cover. There is a difference between the left and right leg so order the correct one.

    There is only 21" of movement in the leg. Mark the leg so that you never use more than 19" of it and you will not have a problem in the future.
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Oct 05, 2014
    First you need to rebuild the motor clutch. Then you need to stop over traveling the landing gear.
    On the top of each leg there should be a cap. Pop it off and look on the under side. Write down the numbers then call Venture Mfg and talk to them. You can order parts direct from them to rebuild the clutch assy pretty reasonable

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