Front jacks on 5th wheel wont move, motor spins but no movement
RichnLin said
08:14 AM Aug 29, 2011
Looking for suggestions for this one: Our 5th wheel front landing gear won't budge up or down. The switch activates the motor but there is a clanking like something came loose & the landing gear won't move. We've tried the hand crank also, without success. Suggestions? Thanks!
Kathy Doin It said
08:20 AM Aug 29, 2011
Sounds like you have a single motor landing gear. There should be a square rod that connects one side to the other. My first choice would be look to see if the bolt had sheared or come out of the motor side of that square rod.
Kathy
Kathy Doin It said
09:12 AM Aug 29, 2011
In our case, it was the bolt. It had broken, and DH replaced it with one we had on hand, and that one busted too! We wound up going to the hardware store and replaced it with a stronger bolt. Problem solved.
Good Luck!
Kathy
rotoray said
06:52 PM Sep 5, 2011
We had similar problem with our 2004 Sunnybrook fifth wheel. The gears inside the gear box had stripped. We had to have it replaced.
Looking for suggestions for this one: Our 5th wheel front landing gear won't budge up or down. The switch activates the motor but there is a clanking like something came loose & the landing gear won't move. We've tried the hand crank also, without success. Suggestions? Thanks!
Sounds like you have a single motor landing gear. There should be a square rod that connects one side to the other. My first choice would be look to see if the bolt had sheared or come out of the motor side of that square rod.
Kathy
In our case, it was the bolt. It had broken, and DH replaced it with one we had on hand, and that one busted too! We wound up going to the hardware store and replaced it with a stronger bolt. Problem solved.
Good Luck!
Kathy
We had similar problem with our 2004 Sunnybrook fifth wheel. The gears inside the gear box had stripped. We had to have it replaced.