spotrot wrote:
If the nut is broken, the crank won't do anything. Therefore I just pushed that end of the slide in (and out when I wanted).
If the motor/gearbox is broken then the crank will work to retract the slide. I don't know if cranking the slide in just to see how the crank works will not harm anything. It might be OK, I just don't know for sure.
I'm glad this post is of use/interest to some. Other forum members have helped me a lot by their posts.
Won't hurt a thing to operate it manually with the biggest thing being how to release the brake on some systems. Our POWERGEAR is simple and has a lever on the back of the motor to release it. Reading some Lippert material today and it says to apply 12vdc to the brake and then use an adjustable wrench on the square drive bar. Other Lippert systems have a 3/4" hex drive right on the gearbox, with nothing else required, so........
