I was an IDIOT for buying a Thor Palazzo!!!

93mastercraft wrote:

bullydogs1 wrote:
Let this board know when you get it back and rolling...I am concerned with Doug's comment...he knows his stuff and just who is the THOR rep?..did he himself do the work?...I only hope for all concerned that this is the last you see of this....my friends Tuscany should be in any day and he purchased in NY state....I'm not even sure if the Tuscany has those slides..bath and a half with no tag....because if it does, he will have even worse problems than he did with his Charleston...

Dean Albanese from Thor Replaced both Schwintek mechanisms. I did watch him do some of it, but I could not stay through the entire thing. I've heard that Dean knows his stuff too. Just browse over to the IRV2 Thor owners forums to see the praises. However, I am not holding my breath with any of this. Once something this major breaks, it is never right again. I don't care what anyone says. This has been a living nightmare.

The Pics you showed. That is the mechanism torn apart. EACH mechanism (front and back) come as a COMPLETE assbly. NOT apart like you showed. So, are you saying Thor or LCI shipped in a new complete system (minus the wiring and controller) and the Thor rep installed that? If not, they did NOT replace the mechanism. You are CORRECT about the floor support rollers. IF they are NOT supporting the complete room, then the mechanism will not work correctly. BUT, that is the fault of Thor, not LCI. ALL the motors do is move the room back and forth and it does NOT take a strong system to do that if the floor rollers are installed correctly and support the room. I have never seen a driveshaft on the Scwintek that was steel and not aluminum. Most Scwinteks are 300 RPM motors with the other less used a 500 rpm. NONE of my OEM's use the 500 RPM, so I think you must have the 500 RPM since you have the steel shaft. Doug