Power Gear Slideout clicky, no movement FIXED!!
2005 Fleetwood Expy, Power gear slide out. Went to put the bedroom slide in and I could hear clicking but the motor didn't move.
I figured out how to disengage the gear and turn it in with a ratchet to go home.
I figured bad motor but not so sure now. After I got home I got the DVM out. No voltage going to the motor, I guessing a bad controller? Found three separate boards outside. There are two big ones with auto- resettable breakers which guess are for the big slides and a third smaller board with a 20A fuse for the small slide. Ceramic fuse appears open so will replace in the next few days. Usually a blown fuse blows for a reason so don't have high hopes that that will fix it.
All ideas are welcome.
UPDATE;
So the 20A fuse on the relay board was blown. I replaced it and the motor came alive. My guess as to what caused the fuse to blow is that watching the motor when I pushed the button, the motor/gearbox bolts were loose and the motor was flexing when it changed direction. I think it bound up and blew the fuse. Manually retracting it, unbound the gears. I tightened the bolts and ran it in and out several times and it seems fine.
Some day I will get ambitious and check the big slides.
I figured out how to disengage the gear and turn it in with a ratchet to go home.
I figured bad motor but not so sure now. After I got home I got the DVM out. No voltage going to the motor, I guessing a bad controller? Found three separate boards outside. There are two big ones with auto- resettable breakers which guess are for the big slides and a third smaller board with a 20A fuse for the small slide. Ceramic fuse appears open so will replace in the next few days. Usually a blown fuse blows for a reason so don't have high hopes that that will fix it.
All ideas are welcome.
UPDATE;
So the 20A fuse on the relay board was blown. I replaced it and the motor came alive. My guess as to what caused the fuse to blow is that watching the motor when I pushed the button, the motor/gearbox bolts were loose and the motor was flexing when it changed direction. I think it bound up and blew the fuse. Manually retracting it, unbound the gears. I tightened the bolts and ran it in and out several times and it seems fine.
Some day I will get ambitious and check the big slides.
