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 think there's no mention of lubing the screw because it isn't an easy operation the way the legs are designed. It could be made relatively easy, but that would require some redesigning of the leg design.
"I took the snap cap off the top of the tube and flooded the tube with sae 70/90 gear oil.let it run out the bottom and cleaned up the residual oil."
That might work depending on the particular model of leg. On some it will just run down the leg and not get on the screw.
"I took the snap cap off the top of the tube and flooded the tube with sae 70/90 gear oil.let it run out the bottom and cleaned up the residual oil."
That might work depending on the particular model of leg. On some it will just run down the leg and not get on the screw.
