[sambam]

I have found many of those PDF's on the Venture web-site, including the exploded view of the leg. They are very informative. My project is going to require some extra "persuasion" to get the screw out of the leg, such as you outlined in your post. It doesn't matter at this point. With the hardware on the top of the leg in good shape, what else could have caused the leg to collapse the way it did? Has to be the screw/nut assembly stripping. I had to tie the leg up with rope to keep it from dragging on the ground coming home yesterday. There was nothing holding it in place. I could push it back into the housing with my hand. Which leads to another concern: The leg failed with no warning. Thankfully, the truck was still in place and the trailer landed back on the hitch. I don't want to be an alarmist, but what if I had pulled the truck out already? It could have been ugly. Just food for thought.