Slideout plastic runners breaking
On the bottom front of my slide floor is a plastic runner the length of the slide that helps the slide up and over the locked position and it attaches to the slide base. On both my slides pieces have...
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Yes, I had that happen last year and spent the whole winter figuring out a better system.
The plastic piece on mine was a very specific part and I figured it would be hard to get for a 10 y/o TT and was a bad design to start with. I noticed that the plastic was finally starting to wear into the fabric on the bottom of the slide.
What I did was install 10" long X 1.9" dia conveyor rollers at each end that are capable of supporting 1200 lbs each. The rollers are inset into the floor and let me tell you, the slide works smoother and faster than it ever has before. The design is copied partially from a friends new Arctic Fox TT - though mine is more robust (his collapsed into the floor..).
I made simple brackets to support them and they are hidden under the little flap of carpet at the front edge of the slide. When the slide is all the way in, the rollers set against a 6"X 12" piece of SS plate steal that is attached to the bottom of the slide. This way there is no direct pressure applied by the roller to bottom plywood of the slide.
It was a lot of work but the system is bullet proof.
The plastic piece on mine was a very specific part and I figured it would be hard to get for a 10 y/o TT and was a bad design to start with. I noticed that the plastic was finally starting to wear into the fabric on the bottom of the slide.
What I did was install 10" long X 1.9" dia conveyor rollers at each end that are capable of supporting 1200 lbs each. The rollers are inset into the floor and let me tell you, the slide works smoother and faster than it ever has before. The design is copied partially from a friends new Arctic Fox TT - though mine is more robust (his collapsed into the floor..).
I made simple brackets to support them and they are hidden under the little flap of carpet at the front edge of the slide. When the slide is all the way in, the rollers set against a 6"X 12" piece of SS plate steal that is attached to the bottom of the slide. This way there is no direct pressure applied by the roller to bottom plywood of the slide.
It was a lot of work but the system is bullet proof.
