[stanleyz]

Got it, thanks. I'll wait and do it in the spring unless a parts failure forces me to do it sooner. Plenty of room on my pad in the back yard. I leave for Florida on the 31st so I need 6 cycles before the repairs. I took as much of a look as I could and the drive gear does appear to be very rusty so I'll most likely go the route you suggested and replace both. So, without any experience with these slides I'm guessing those gears are driven on one side by the ram pushing the arm out (or pulling it in) and that turns the gear driver shaft which turns the other gear and keeps the slide straight. Is that pretty close?