The electric/hydraulic bed lift assembly on my Gator disassembled itself - all 5 bolts holding the gear box came out and the gear box spilled its guts on the ground. I was able (I think) to find all of the parts and get it back together and it actually works, but am wondering if there was an underlying cause that could cause it to happen again. I posted on another forum and suggestions there were that the bolts vibrated loose. Possibly so, but seems strange that all 5 of them would have vibrated loose at the same time like that. It has had a lot of use over past 10 years and I must admit that I never paid any attention to the condition of the bolts since it has always just worked. Was thinking of replacing the whole assembly, but found out the cost is about $700 (ouch!). Anybody ever had this problem? Thanks.
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