How to grease landing leg worm gears?
This post (link) about a failed landing leg worm gear got me to thinking about the maintenance needed by fifth wheel landing legs. Mine are made by Atwood, and the maintenance in the Atwood manual is...
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I like the idea about the angle iron. I think I will get a piece of 1/2" and fill the channel with wheel bearing grease, and reach up from the bottom as suggested. Hopefully I can press the angle iron over the worm gear and then rotate it to spread the grease around.
I searched this forum in archive mode and found only a few threads related to worm gear (or the top nut) failure. Also, the Atwood manual makes no mention of greasing the worm gear. Are mechanical landing legs so robust that generally no maintenance is needed?
I searched this forum in archive mode and found only a few threads related to worm gear (or the top nut) failure. Also, the Atwood manual makes no mention of greasing the worm gear. Are mechanical landing legs so robust that generally no maintenance is needed?
