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krazymatt
Explorer
Aug 10, 2015

2002 Cougar slide out problem please help!

I have a 2002 Cougar Fifth Wheel with an electric slide that suddenly started clicking like if the gear was slipping when trying to bring it back in after camping yesterday. Luckily a very nice guy offered his help and we got it to go in by each of us pushing in on each end while my wife pressed the switch. The motor appears to work but it seems that it's maybe got a stripped gear? Any ideas as to how to begin to repair this? I had tried to bring it in manually with the hexadecimal bolt but wouldn't budge with my Milwaukee impact wrench.
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Aug 10, 2015
    krazymatt wrote:
    So I talked to Lippert. They said it could be the motor or gearbox neither of which is cheap.. So is there any way to pinpoint the issue?


    Unless the motor shaft sheared off, if it's turning, it's working. Shear pins and gear box are the places to start if the motor's working. As you'll need to get the gearbox off to check it, you can see what the end of the motor shaft looks like.

    Lyle
  • krazymatt's avatar
    krazymatt
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015
    So I talked to Lippert. They said it could be the motor or gearbox neither of which is cheap.. So is there any way to pinpoint the issue?
  • krazymatt's avatar
    krazymatt
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015
    Thanks guys, that's a great start! I will take a look. If a shear pin did break it must've been inside the motor/gear housing because I couldn't see any movement.
  • phillyg's avatar
    phillyg
    Explorer II
    Aug 10, 2015
    Possible that a shear pin sheared. Look under the slide for a square tube bar that goes from to and from each gear rack for a broken pin.
  • GMandJM's avatar
    GMandJM
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015
    Lippert has a LU (Lippert University) web site that might help. And there are some YouTubes associated with it.

    Here's the Schwintek troubleshooting quick quide: Quick Guide.

    Btw, "hexidecimal"? That's "so math!" (From Adventure Time Men)
  • wandering1's avatar
    wandering1
    Explorer
    Aug 10, 2015
    The clutch gear in the gear box for the slide needs to be replaced. Look at the documentation for the slide which will show the gear box and call the manuf and order a new gear box.

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