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Necb2016 · 10-20-2017, 07:00 AM

I recently bought a 2005 bounder and have a problem with my atwood levelegs the drivers side rear was not working i took it off and discovered the gear box had stripped gears the atwood part# 66280 7.5k 15' is not available and thru research found that lippert now owns atwood but i need to know if lippert part # 678258 is a direct replacement for the atwood levelegs and will i need to reprogram the system to make it function correctly

ddgoodtimes · 10-20-2017, 07:52 AM

If you are talking about the main gears that are under the black box and not in the black box, I just replaced mine. I pulled the black box off the leg and the gears were all chewed up. I called limmpert and they sell a gear kit. It came with one gear a washer and a new shear pin. $30 ea. The gears in my black box were fine.

MSHappyCampers · 10-20-2017, 08:54 AM

Hi !

Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang!

Congrats on the new rig! Sorry I can't help with your problem. Keep her between the ditches!

Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!

DGBPokes · 10-20-2017, 10:56 AM

Congratulations.....beware! We have a Newmar '07 KStar DP with Level legs. We've had this coach less than 3 years. I always had intermittent problems with the right front leg retracting. Last year the system quit working completely, all legs retracted, and a constant warning horn. A long story made short: The controller failed, obsolete, no salvage units, no dinosaurs boards. The fix.....replace the entire system, legs and all. Ridiculous!!! Newmar got me a deep discount on the entire system. $2500 for the system $1,000 for the installation. The new system is a much better design. It is much slower, levels more accurately, and has been dependable.
My advice: 1. Old system can be hard rebooted, do so once a year, just to keep it "clean". 2. Be very, very patient when operating. Let if totally complete what it is doing before you touch another button. 3. Never, never let anyone else operate the system. I had let a body shop clear coat my front top cap, I think they tried to hoist the rear, drop the front, and finally fried the the thing.

Powerstroke2000 · 01-30-2019, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DGBPokes

Congratulations.....beware! We have a Newmar '07 KStar DP with Level legs. We've had this coach less than 3 years. I always had intermittent problems with the right front leg retracting. Last year the system quit working completely, all legs retracted, and a constant warning horn. A long story made short: The controller failed, obsolete, no salvage units, no dinosaurs boards. The fix.....replace the entire system, legs and all. Ridiculous!!! Newmar got me a deep discount on the entire system. $2500 for the system $1,000 for the installation. The new system is a much better design. It is much slower, levels more accurately, and has been dependable.
My advice: 1. Old system can be hard rebooted, do so once a year, just to keep it "clean". 2. Be very, very patient when operating. Let if totally complete what it is doing before you touch another button. 3. Never, never let anyone else operate the system. I had let a body shop clear coat my front top cap, I think they tried to hoist the rear, drop the front, and finally fried the the thing.

Oh my, that's terrible! I see this is an older post, but thought I'd ask what you meant by 'Hard Rebooted'?? Haven't heard of this before, so I thought I'd ask. I'm having an odd issue, where my jacks moved down to the ground, then they move up 1/2" off the ground (all 4). I'm unsure what I can do to correct this, as I've had some issues of when pushing the 'On' button, getting it to actually turn on! If I push it quite hard, it started up today...but again, they're left a 1/2" from the ground, so no jacks pushing upward to level my rig!

cwit · 01-31-2019, 06:20 AM

I would like to no what a hard reboot is also.

frede · 01-31-2019, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Powerstroke2000

...I'm unsure what I can do to correct this, as I've had some issues of when pushing the 'On' button, getting it to actually turn on! If I push it quite hard, it started up today...but again...

I also had a button problem so I called Lippert at (574) 537-8900 and eventually ended up at sales talking to a nice lady named Janet. She said they have plenty of new Atwood 66273 Touch-pads for $172, but no controllers. When it got here I was a little concerned because the part number was 66555 not 66273 and there was a jumper cable (Part No. 66557) so I called Lippert and they assured me it was the newer updated touch-pad. The new one works great. The buttons have a much better feel and it only takes one press to get them to work.

DGBPokes · 01-31-2019, 10:34 AM

Greetings
Per a phone call with Atwood. They recommended disconnecting all the wires and reconnecting including the level sensor located under the coach. They also cautioned that it should be accomplished on a lift, or in a pit since the system would be likely to dump air and crush you while under it.
When the tech had bypassed our failed controller, he had a young helper start to back the rig out of the shop. The unit dumped.....scared the kid bad.