Adjusting the slide vertically

Mine is resting on rollers at the head of the bed too. But that is where mine has the four 3/4 inch wrench bolts and the slide mechanism connects to the slide frame. I have adjusted those big bolts and slid a 1/4 inch piece of plywood on the other end of the slide mechanism towards the foot of the bed.

Clearly we have two different slides mechanisms. 8 smaller bolts should hold quite a bit of weight. Sounds like you have figured it out. Good luck.

billmac, I greatly appreciate you responding. Those bolts are pretty small but there are about 8 of them in that end of the slide. I believe the other end of the slide (at the head of the bed) is resting on two rollers. Those are a little difficult to get to which is why I thought about the spacer plan. It's those rollers that I'm thinking about leaving where they are and creating the spacer tracks for them to roll on. I figure I need about 1/4" to 5/15" spacer to allow my slide to act as it should.

The picture is too close for me to see the system in its entirety. Clearly it looks like that is some kind of adjustment bolt. Although it seems too small of a bolt to control the weight of the slide out. I assume there would be many of them at that small size.

It also appears the photo shows the further in portion of the slide out assembly. I suspect there is another more significant adjustment on the opposite end where the slide actually bolts to the mechanism. That is where the weight is and where the slide is actually dragging. At least that was the case on mine.

It is hard to give advice from a few photos when I am not an rv tech. I am just a guy that has adjusted his slide a couple of times with success.

FYI, For a lift jig, I used two vertical 5 feet 2x6's with 12 inch 2x4 screwed on top. Then I used two floor jacks to gently lift the slide out while it was fully extended. The jacks were lifting as close as possible to the rv. I crawled inside under the slide room frame and loosened the 4 large adjustment bolts on the outside edge of the slide mechanism, raised the slide slightly, and tightened the bolts. I had to do this several times to get the correct clearance. The slack in the slide mechanism caused the slide clearances to change each time the jacks were removed. After several attempts, I finally got the clearance I was looking for. This is what I did on mine. All seems well now.

I just got another idea this morning on the way to work. Rather than try to adjust those "hard to get to" rollers behind the slide where all they will do is work their way back out of adjustment, I’m going to look for some hard rubber, polyurethane, or fiberglass strips (the width of the rollers) to glue (JBWeld) to the bottom of my slide to create spacers 1/4" to 3/8” that will jack the slide up according to the thickness of the spacer. I’ll taper the strips so that they ride effortlessly onto the rollers when they get to them. That seems to be a more permanent fix than adjusting the slides ever so often.

Thanks guys. I'm messing with it, so there doesn't look like much to it if I can just get to the adjustments between the slide and wall.

SpoiledRotten wrote:
Anyone want to go by the pics and confirm my thinking that there is a pivot point and when the slide is lifted from the outside, the portion in the pics will go down?

Can't hurt to give it a try.......
Mark current position then make an adjustment. If it doesn't improve vertical clearance you can always go back to original position.

Looks like your slide is electric where mine is hydraulic. Probably comparing Apples to Oranges.

Mine is also setting on carpet which has sunk down. I used 1/4" plywood to shim that part up. Another piece of carpet would have worked better, but it is working fine.

When I jacked up my slide from the outside, I learned it was better for me to use two jacks, one on each side, as close to the rv as possible. I learned that the parts involved all had some flex, so the adjustment would change when the weight was taken off the jacks. For me, it took several attempts. Don't forget to keep an eye on your side to side measurements too. Good luck. I am certainly happy with how mine turned out.

Is the motor slide mount sitting on carpet??? mine does... carpet keeps crushing... good design... can you put shims under the framework?

I've tried to find a name on that slide mechanism, but can't find one to even do a search about it.

I think every part of my camper has an owner manual in the pack of papers that came with my fiver except for the slide outs. :(

Anyone want to go by the pics and confirm my thinking that there is a pivot point and when the slide is lifted from the outside, the portion in the pics will go down?