Slide lock won't budge

zach477 wrote:

tropical36 wrote:

zach477 wrote:
Long story short: it works again now. HOWEVER the site is not letting me post anything more than a couple sentences to explain.

In short. I pushed the E brake in even farther than it was and re-leveled the coach. Now it works fine. The odd thing is that the living room slide was working just fine, so I guess the bedroom slide is just a little more picky.

Are you perhaps, just on a bind in some instances, with the thing not having enough power to release. Would a little grease in the right place help any? All this, without really having much of an idea of what it actually looks like.

I don't think so. It's not even trying to work. When operating correctly, pushing the "lock" and "unlock" buttons not only moves the motor for the locking arm, but it also causes the "locked" and "unlocked" LEDs to light up. As of now, pushing the button does not do any of these things.

I once had an intermittent situation with the neighbor's rig and after finding out, that it always worked, by applying separate power directly to the slide motor. It turned out to be a plug in relay on the firewall and whereas it's normally closed contacts were being used to pass power to the slide. I guess it was a safety feature with the relay opening on ignition or start or selecting a gear. Anyway, made a good heavy jumper for the socket contact points after removing the relay. He did order another relay, but don't know if he ever installed it or just left the jumper in there.
Just some food for thought here and it take me a while for thinking outside the box, as well.