On my slides I have a wiper seal that I have a question about. The seal long lip is sometimes outside the opening like in the below picture. I think that is the way it is supposed to be when the slide is extended. Sometimes on the bedroom slide, the lip stays inside the opening all the way around the slide. I guess the best way to describe it is 'inverted'. Is it alright for it to be inverted or do I need to make sure the lip is outside?

The wipe seal is not required to flip completely out or in. That is not the true seal when extended or retracted.If it concerns you can install sandpaper type tape on the sidewall to rub the seal completly in and out. Doug

It looks like it is right. The seal should "flip" whenever the slie is extended or retracted, but as they get older and the seal gets stiffer, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. Some people recommend putting a strip of step tread material on the side of the slide to help flip the seal. I usually just don't worry about it, but if we are going to be in the same place for a while, I will usually go around and flip ours if necessary.

Those are 'wipers' not sealsThey wipe sides/top of moisture and debrisThey function as designed regardless if they 'flip' or don'tNot a concern

Someone suggested the "loop" half of a strip of Velcro tape instead of step tread tape. It's less abrasive and does the same job.

hohenwald48 wrote:Someone suggested the "loop" half of a strip of Velcro tape instead of step tread tape. It's less abrasive and does the same job.The Tread type tape is thinner and works better. No problem with abrasion. Also, some OEM's installed Tread tape on their sidewalls for this "problem". Doug

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hohenwald48
Explorer
Mar 26, 2017
Someone suggested the "loop" half of a strip of Velcro tape instead of step tread tape. It's less abrasive and does the same job.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Mar 26, 2017
Those are 'wipers' not seals
They wipe sides/top of moisture and debris
They function as designed regardless if they 'flip' or don't

Not a concern
Johno02
Explorer
Mar 26, 2017
It looks like it is right. The seal should "flip" whenever the slie is extended or retracted, but as they get older and the seal gets stiffer, sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. Some people recommend putting a strip of step tread material on the side of the slide to help flip the seal. I usually just don't worry about it, but if we are going to be in the same place for a while, I will usually go around and flip ours if necessary.
dougrainer
Nomad
Mar 26, 2017
The wipe seal is not required to flip completely out or in. That is not the true seal when extended or retracted.
If it concerns you can install sandpaper type tape on the sidewall to rub the seal completly in and out. Doug

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