rubber seal under slide

I realize I don't have a "following" on here, but I just wanted to do something I wish more people would do. I am following up on an earlier post about a problem. I had to find a Jayco retail dealer,(2 in Indy) because Jayco factory has no retail facilities. Then after explaining what, where, and sending pictures of the part I needed, I got a replacement wipe slide seal sent by Marc at Stout's RV (Camping World). It took a bit, but not too much back and forth to get the job done. Now the replacement was not much like what was on there, but I got to thinking that perhaps Jayco had updated the design and this was the current part for this seal. It is substantially less bulk than the old. However, perhaps the stiffness of the old one was caused it to split in the first place. I replaced the metal strips over the rubber with 1/8" aluminum in the hope of having a firmer base for the seal. The only odd thing I found is that on this slide the wipe seal rolls over each time the slide is activated, whereas the other side slide does not. Anyway, I thought someone might like a follow-up to this issue. thanks for bearing with me. david