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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it's so ironic that Daamarc posted this.
A couple of weeks ago, I started to hear a squealing sound from my passenger jack on my 5ver. Furthermore, he mentioned that the jack has a sheer bolt - which isn't documented with my trailer.
So I'm wondering what/when mine will fail.
After watching his video I know where to put the Zerk fittings to inject the grease in the correct spot before it fails.
All it would take is an access port and a rubber plug to insert the grease and it would be easy to maintain.
Hopefully I can make it back home before it fails as I'm on the road for the next week and a half!
Thanks Daamarc
A couple of weeks ago, I started to hear a squealing sound from my passenger jack on my 5ver. Furthermore, he mentioned that the jack has a sheer bolt - which isn't documented with my trailer.
So I'm wondering what/when mine will fail.
After watching his video I know where to put the Zerk fittings to inject the grease in the correct spot before it fails.
All it would take is an access port and a rubber plug to insert the grease and it would be easy to maintain.
Hopefully I can make it back home before it fails as I'm on the road for the next week and a half!
Thanks Daamarc
