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Old 09-07-2015, 12:34 PM   #1
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I have a 2006 Montana 2955RL. The front landing gear has always been slow, but today I could hardly see it moving at all. Is there some maintenance I should be doing? No reference in the owners manual, and no luck ith a search here. Any ideas how to get this thing up to its usual snails pace?

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Old 09-07-2015, 02:12 PM   #2
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Other than greasing the drive gears, no cited maintenance I am aware of.. I would look at: 06, if original motor, could be that motor, could be a bent leg, damaged or worn drive gear, damaged or worn gear box, or electrical or wiring issue as possibilities if everything looks normal with a visual check of everything in the front compartment. Do the legs move normally if you take the weight off and crank by hand?
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Old 09-07-2015, 02:16 PM   #3
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Haven't tried that, I'll check it, thanks. I can't see anyplace ro grease the motor, and assumed it was a sealed unit.
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Motor is not greased, but there is a cap at the top of the drive leg, pop it off and you will see the gears I was referring to. Those gears do require lubrication. Inside the leg itself at the top. The gearbox connected to the motor is also sealed.
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as the other members stated about the gears lubrication, I found it easy to do the gears by having the RV on the truck and not dropping the legs I can run the legs down very fast because there is no load on them, I place a pie sheet under the leg to catch the oil WD 40 or LPS 2 it runs down the all thread while its turning I run it all the way down and up again I do both sides that way with the wife holding the switch.
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