lubing landing gears

[lawaco12]

can anyone give me a measurement from the top on inside to drill hole to grease the jack screw

[lawaco12]

would be nice if all would put fittings on them. my 5th must have built on Monday I have less than 50 trips and have had both original seize what happens the jack screws seize in jack nut. have taken them apart but have never been able to break them loose so that's why I want to find a way to grease them. if you have ever had one apart you would see that there is no way to lube other than taking apart that's 3 or 4 hour job hope everyone understands what im talking about. its a lot of time and money when one goes bad and you cant buy the jack screw and nut have to buy the assembly

[Alpenliter]

I had one snap way back in the boondocks outside of Moab. Yea, they do break. Anything with gears needs lube eventually. UltraFab just started making them with Zerk fittings according to the latest RV Travel Newsletter.

[h2guy]

13 yrs, 667 campsites, 2945 pin weight, never messed with them, they just work.

[sheltieRV]

lar5camping wrote:
What?
I never heard of lubing landing gears! :R

My legs have Zerks on them, they were squeaking at one time and after lubing them, quiet once again.

[lar5camping]

retract the landing gear, block the wheels.
Liberate the shnopenstool from the kstew bracket.
What?
I never heard of lubing landing gears! :R

[B_O__Plenty]

I read you can just take the top cover off and pour in some motor oil. It will run down and lube everything. Makes perfect sense to me...

B.O.

[Allworth]

Drill a hole in the housing; get metal fragments in the gears; and.......

[donn0128]

The screw is so far in it would take a couple if tubesod grease to get any where. Taking the leg apart is simple to do.

[raygreg]

it is a shame that they don't put grease fittings on the jacks. Sorry I don't know the answer to your question

[lawaco12]

no I just want to lube the screw trying to get trailer on truck but screw is making loud squeaking noise. had one to lock up and had to buy new assembly just hoping to avoid that again

[Old-Biscuit]

Should be a cover plate on top that pops off.....then you can put some grease on the gear pack.

Then without dropping the inner tube (the pinned leg) fully extend the drive leg.
Clean it up and then use a 'dry' graphite spray...goes on wet and then dries and doesn't attract dirt (or a silicone spray)
Retract and then drop inner tube and spray it.

You do NOT want to grease the legs.....they will get gummed up/attract dirt.

[donn0128]

Might be better to take it out of the trailer and take it apart. This way, you will be able to clean it first to remove old grease and dirt.