Noisy Slide - Sounds like Crypt Being Opened
We have a 2017 Fox Mountain 235RLS and the slide is really noisy. It screeches and squeals both on the in and the out cycles. The local Fox Mountain dealer (Cordelia RV) refuses to service it as we pu...
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BillandCarole wrote:
I like the idea of a gear motor access panel(s). But how do we find (determine) the area under the motor ? And what does a slide shear pin look like? I have a collection of corte pins,are they what you are referring to. Where is it located and how do you find it?
Good ideas.
Thanks
Bill
Wasn't me that referred to shear pin, but you can probably just check with any rv repair shop(camping world, or other) and tell them what frame you have and slide so they can fix you up with the right part.
As for making an access to your slide motor.
Before you go to all that trouble.....I would try to loosen enough screws in the underbelly material and gain enough opening to see if squirting something like wd40 on the gear rail does actually cure your problem. But don't rely on wd40 as a long term solution. It is only a penetrating oil and will not last a long time. 30 weight motor oil will be better, after you make an access hole. Wd40 is just handy because you can squirt it a fair distance into a tight area.
My underbelly sealing material is put on in sections which are about 4 or 5 feet wide and from one side of the camper to the other. I estimated where the motor is by referring to diagrams of Cougar frames, and I took out enough screws in that section of material so that I could peek into that area.
When I located where I needed to put access, I just marked out a square with chalk that gives enough space to reach the motor and workings of the slide. Don't remember what I cut it with, but I think it was a drywall saw. A Japanese pull saw would work great. I happened to have a square piece of galvanized metal which I used for a cover. Keeper nuts would be good to use along with screws, but if the material is thick like mine, just use large screws to attach the cover over the hole you make.
As seldom as you need to get into the access, you could just make holes and use cable ties to secure the cover over the square hole. Cable ties are cheap and easy to cut, remove and replace.
