Slide out problem - Please help
I have a Winnie Minnie 24F (year 2003). Our slide out had been working well until this weekend. When I push the ¨IN¨ button, only 1 side would move in . The right side of the side (behind the driver) ...
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I'm not finding the technical information for a model 24F in the Minnie Winnie series. I do find a 24F in the Minnie. That series was using Kwikee screw jack slideout mechanism, actuators and rams in the basement, below floor level.
I don't know if that slightly larger slideout has two rams like the 31C, or one ram. Looking under the open slide will tell you.
If it has two rams, the problem could be in the electronic controls to coordinate the pair of motors, or mechanical in one side. Since it is working ok going out, not likely a shear pin, but there is a torque-limiting clutch that releases at end of travel in both directions, it could be slipping in one direction of travel. I would expect to hear the clicking of the slipping clutch.
If only one ram, the problems is elsewhere. You've picked up a mechanical interference (floor, wipers, misalignment in the open) that makes one side drag a lot more than the other, so the slide is getting sideways. I'm not sure how they do an alignment on a slide supported and operated by a single big ram at the center, both of mine are still OK, or at least don't getmore than an inch or two out of square while moving.
Could be something a dealer needs to look at. For now, pushing to even it out should not hurt the mechanism.
I don't know if that slightly larger slideout has two rams like the 31C, or one ram. Looking under the open slide will tell you.
If it has two rams, the problem could be in the electronic controls to coordinate the pair of motors, or mechanical in one side. Since it is working ok going out, not likely a shear pin, but there is a torque-limiting clutch that releases at end of travel in both directions, it could be slipping in one direction of travel. I would expect to hear the clicking of the slipping clutch.
If only one ram, the problems is elsewhere. You've picked up a mechanical interference (floor, wipers, misalignment in the open) that makes one side drag a lot more than the other, so the slide is getting sideways. I'm not sure how they do an alignment on a slide supported and operated by a single big ram at the center, both of mine are still OK, or at least don't getmore than an inch or two out of square while moving.
Could be something a dealer needs to look at. For now, pushing to even it out should not hurt the mechanism.
