Slide out stuck and resolution
Hi All I just was gifted a 2003 Fleetwood Pride 31-5Geas. It has not been used/moved since 2009. After getting a hitch set up we pulled it out of storage and set it up. The living room slide was...
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I just had a similar issue but there was no rust just the electromagnet no longer has the energy to pull the lock back. Probably due to a shorted winding on the coil. Of course they do not sell that part even though it can easily be replaced. The poor design of the manual override meant that it was not able to unlock the motor and the former owner ended up removing the motor to close the slide. I modified the mechanism and I will just live with manually locking and unlocking the motor. A replacement motor is almost $700.00. Another classic RV rip off. $20.00 part goes bad and you end up with a $1000.00+ bill at the dealer.
