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laplatarosa
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Jul 26, 2015

Kwikee Slide acting up?

We have a 2006 Winnebago Sightseer 35N that has all electric Kwikee slides. The living room slide ( about 12 feet ) has 2 screw motors that are sensor linked somehow so they keep the slide straight as it is extended or retracted. One motor seems to stop just for a second so the other will catch-up, then start again.

Today we were moving to a new site and the living room slide would not retract all the way (about 50%). I finally got it in all the way by raising the jacks on that side so the slide was going "downhill". had no problem getting the slide to extend.

We're in Alaska for another 2 months and will be moving many more times. Any ideas what could be causing the slide to act-up? Any ideas what I should try to do to correct this problem?

Thanks in advance,

laplatarosa

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  • Have you lubed it with something? Mine was acting up, not going all the way in. I didn't lube it because I figured that as loose as the whole mechanism is, nothing should be binding that lube would help. After looking at it a couple of times and headed under it again. I took a can of WD-40 with me and gave all of the step hinge points a shot. Haven't had any more trouble out of it.

    Easy and cheap fix, just the way I like them.

    Bill