Camper Design, What Were They Thinking?
I had a call from a friend yesterday to help him with his Cougar 5th wheel. They bought it last fall from CW and have had it in storage this past winter.
Moved it to their house to pack and get ready for the season and low and behold, one of the slides wouldn't extend and he was at a loss.
Turns out it was just jammed in and the LCI slide mechanism would only ratchet. I though, easy fix, just turn it out a little using manual operation. WRONG! No wrench nor opening for the wrench. Turns out, to probably save $5, Cougar did not supply anything to operate it manually. CW told him to cut an "access" hole in the under skin to find the motor and use a ratchet wrench to extend the slide. WTH?
We ended up putting a wrench on the square drive shaft between the rack gears, applying a little torque while he hit the button. It came free and works normally now.
I find it flabbergasting that they did not supply any manual operation provisions.
End of rant.
Moved it to their house to pack and get ready for the season and low and behold, one of the slides wouldn't extend and he was at a loss.
Turns out it was just jammed in and the LCI slide mechanism would only ratchet. I though, easy fix, just turn it out a little using manual operation. WRONG! No wrench nor opening for the wrench. Turns out, to probably save $5, Cougar did not supply anything to operate it manually. CW told him to cut an "access" hole in the under skin to find the motor and use a ratchet wrench to extend the slide. WTH?
We ended up putting a wrench on the square drive shaft between the rack gears, applying a little torque while he hit the button. It came free and works normally now.
I find it flabbergasting that they did not supply any manual operation provisions.
End of rant.
