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08-05-2013, 01:28 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Santa Fe
Posts: 270
M.O.C. #11454
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landing gear bevel gears
there has been some talk about lubing the landing gears so i found the gears but i felt the gears and found the flutes to be rough, aren't they supposed to be smooth. am i in trouble?
mikey
back on the road again
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08-05-2013, 02:17 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2003
Location: New Bern
Posts: 4,294
M.O.C. #311
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Mike,
The edges of the gears should not be rough. This link may help you.
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08-05-2013, 03:07 PM
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Montana Fan
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Location: Santa Fe
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John thanks again, i'm not as crazey as they say, second been there's help
planning on getting them replaced in sept, 4 moves to make till then
mikey
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08-05-2013, 03:13 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2003
Location: New Bern
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M.O.C. #311
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Mike,
Just be careful retracting and stop 1/2 to 1 inch before fully retracted. You should not extend then past their 21" mark.
I hope this helps.
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08-05-2013, 05:15 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Before I went to Level-up I put a magic marker line on the legs where the max and min I could safely extend them was. If the line showed up when I was extending them I knew I needed more lumber, when it reached the shroud as I retracted them I got my finger off the switch before I did any damage.
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08-06-2013, 02:51 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Fountain Inn
Posts: 209
M.O.C. #13142
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Mike-When we purchased our 09 I found the gears dry but just some wear. I lubed gears with grease and the legs with 90w oil and everything works much better. Been 10 months and no signs of problems for us. Marking your legs for min-max usage is a very wise thing to do. I did.
I was lucky to not to have to replace the gears.
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08-07-2013, 03:40 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Warsaw
Posts: 207
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John,Thanks for your post. For whatever reason I had never thought about lubing my landing gears. We don't do a lot of traveling so the landing gears don't get a lot of use . We came back from vacation a couple of weeks ago and the landing gears started howling while going down. I didn't know what to do till I went to the moc website and there was your post. The landing gears are now running smooth and quiet. Three tablespoons of gear lube would have been enough for the leg screws!
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08-08-2013, 04:55 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Santa Fe
Posts: 270
M.O.C. #11454
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opps
couldn't hookup as legs died
dealer,can't get me in on the 27th to replace the legs
i'm stuck
mikey
does anybody know the part numbers for the 2007 3400rl
ozz said to call keystone with my serial # in the am to get parts ordered
also the dealer mentioned a heavy duty leg compaired to the standard as i have golfcart batteries for solar(heavy)
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08-08-2013, 05:06 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2003
Location: New Bern
Posts: 4,294
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Call
Doug Olson V.P. Engineering Venture Mfg. Co. Dayton, OH 45414
Ph: 937-233-8792 ext. 27 TF: 866-365-1957 ext. 27Fax: 937-233-8485
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08-08-2013, 05:27 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mesa az
Posts: 2,944
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I replaced my landing gear leg on one side a few years back. Really not too bad considering I'd never done it before. Have to finagle the leg around a bit to get it out of the brackets. Mine had bent slightly and was slow to go up and down. or not at all.....
Good luck.
p.s. I believe I emailed or talked with the assistant to Doug Olson and she was helpful.
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08-08-2013, 05:42 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Carmichael - CA
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Do as John suggests and call Venture. They are great to work with, have great instructions for anything you need to do, *AND* they have great prices. You can fix this. You could even upgrade to a two motor system and make lifting the RV a little less stressful (motor-wise).
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2012 Montana 3700RL Big Sky Package towed by a 2015 Ford F350 6.7L PSD 4WD CC LWB
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08-09-2013, 01:52 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
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M.O.C. #5980
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Good luck buddy, 'This too shall pass.'
(No single person is given credit for the phrase 'This too shall pass.' It is a proverb that originated with Persian Sufi poets.)
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08-09-2013, 05:54 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Santa Fe
Posts: 270
M.O.C. #11454
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Calls made
work to be done under extended warrenty
schudeled 8/27 so i'm plopped for now
thanks for the inputs and info
mikey
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