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urgenthelp
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Oct 11, 2013

Please help, urgent! Slide out wont retract!

I have a chateau new millennium 2000 fifth wheel that we have lived in for a year while we picked the pieces of our life back up. We are just moving out.and code enforcement came by and said the camper couldn't be stored on a vacant lot owned by my family, it has to be stored at RV storage. Fine! We were all set to move it, last step was pulling in the slide out. It won't retract!

At first it made a clicking sound and I could feel the vibration under.my feet but nothing happened. I pushed OUT for a second and it did scoot out a few centimeters no problem but won't retract at all. I can't afford the 250 dollar a day fine so this thing needs to go asap! It sometimes makes a clicking sound.that seems to be electrical but I'm not sure. The only weight on it is the table/chairs built into it and a 20 pound dog crate so I don't.think it is too heavy. I looked in the manual and it said some models can be retracted manually but there was no instruction beyond that.
  • Can you manually crank the slide in?
    Is there a crank handle in the coach somewhere?
  • The RV is hooked up to the pole so no shortage of power. Give me a minute to.crawl under but I'm not sure what I'm looking at.
  • If you respond to my post then I'll know you're not trolling.
  • crawl under and lok for screw shaft. Slow but most will crank in or out. Then later look for fuse or other problem. If it isn't going in straight you may have to push or pull one side.
  • do you have power to the rv ?
    plug into your truck, start the truck and idle while you try to pull the slide in...
    may take a while to get battery charged...

    and can have someone 'help' it by pushing as you pull it in...
    always push on a strong place though :)

    oh and ensure your master switch is on...