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Originally Posted by tooth ferry
2014 Montana High Country w/ 3.o ground effect levelers. Outer sleeve of front leg has slipped down about 3". Cannot move it back into place either with weight on the leg or with side blocked up so there is no weight on it. Is there any thing locating this outer sleeve other than the 2 clamping brackets tightened by bolts. Total stroke of this leg cannot be extended fully as is. Is there anything in the electric motor/gear assembly that also locates this? Cannot raise high enough to hook back up without using another jack to do so.
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As you look inside at the leg, see the two "bumps" stamped out in the outer sleeve? There are two identical "bumps" on the opposite side. These are what support the weight of the camper. The two bolts through the brackets just hold the leg into position so the "bumps" rest on the side of the bracket you can't see. The brackets are U shaped, with the bottom of the U welded to the frame. The motor on top does not have any weight on it; it just turns a screw inside the leg.
If I understand your problem correctly, your leg slipped down, so it must be that the bracket bolts were not tight enough and let the leg (and the bump in the sleeve) move away from the inside of the U bracket.
If you have a jack (6 ton minimum), you can slip it under the frame on that side and raise it high enough to re-seat on the leg. Place the jack as far forward as you can. I had to replace a leg and had to do that.
There is also a chance that the inner leg is not extending far enough (and not supporting weight). That would probably be because the block inside the inner leg that the motor screw screws into has broken loose. That's what happened to mine, and was the reason I had to replace the leg.
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