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Landing gear

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by Rideandrepair, Feb 28, 2020.

  1. Feb 28, 2020 #1
    Rideandrepair

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    Yesterday, while dropping my Trailer, I noticed the leg on opposite side of crank, didn’t go down far enough. It was already not even, now it’s gotten much worse. Maybe, gear is stripped. I’m sure I can unbolt the cross bar, Line both up even,and bolt the bar back up. But I’m guessing it will probably happen again. I can replace the whole leg, it’s bolted on, no welding needed. Is that the only choice? Can I replace just a gear ? I think there’s a gear driven chain inside. Can Will it be safe to droup, if I just match the lengths back up? The only access is a plate, on top of leg. I want it to be safe, definitely don’t want to lose it, while driving, or have it drop, while loading.
     
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  3. Feb 28, 2020 #2
    x1Heavy

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    Have a shop deal with that problem. It may look simple but you cannot risk the legs failing at a dock, if they did then it will fall on you for everything.

    Rationale behind my answer. If a gear is stripped, Im pretty sure you have no spares around and arent going to "Mooch" one off another trailer. If something else is busted it will take a shop to fix as well.
     
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  4. Feb 28, 2020 #3
    BoxCarKidd

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    Normally if they are down there down. Never saw one strip that way. If you drop it at a dock you could find yourself in a jam and not be able to pick it up.
    We refer to that as the dead leg. I believe it has two gears in the top. They are attached to shafts with roll pins. May have just sheared a pin.
    If you get the name and numbers off the legs parts are available for some of them. They always have to be ordered. Normally we just put a new set on as they are normally well used anyway. Sometimes some places you can buy just one leg but it has to be the same brand and model.
     
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