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Originally Posted by BigCajun
My 361 is all electric. I have read that it is a good thing to disconnect the electric motor so as not to damage it while turning without power. I have not verifed that with Keystone nor do I know how to do it. On my last 5er I used the manual crank for the front landing gear when my battery went dead and it did not damage anything.
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The main reason to disconnect it is to make sure the motor doesn't start running while you have the crank handle connected. Imagine a "bound up" slide, you keep pushing the switch, slide won't move, then find, after you insert the crank and give it half a twist that the motor starts running and the crank rips out of your hand and cracks your knuckles (or worse). Best to disconnect the motor before trying to crank it by hand.