Slide Problem on Fleetwood Discovery

moisheh wrote:
The front slides in those Fleetwoods need to be lubed often. I use Dri Lube. There is also a replacement HD motor for that application.

Moisheh

What exactly do you lube? The tiny rollers? Theres nothing else that shows a rubbing or sliding action on the arms that extent.

moisheh wrote:
The front slides in those Fleetwoods need to be lubed often. I use Dri Lube. There is also a replacement HD motor for that application.

Moisheh

Do you have the PG part number for that HD motor. The last time I had both Fleetwood and Powergear research the CORRECT motor/trans for a Fleetwood slide(using the PG model on the old motor assbly), they stated they only had the original RPM/Ratio assbly. Doug

The front slides in those Fleetwoods need to be lubed often. I use Dri Lube. There is also a replacement HD motor for that application.

Moisheh

The lever is on the end of the motor. Sometimes hidden under a rubber cover.

Got no toys to play with today. So checking out the recent purchase - a Fleetwood Flair (2003). I did find the "large bolt head" you can turn to retract/deploy the bedroom slide. It is a 5/8 wrench size. It is not actually a bolt but the end of the gearbox output shaft. You'll want to bring a lunch if you want to use this method to retract the slide. I could find NO lever to disengage the gearbox so cranking the 5/8 bolthead is a LOT of work. If I'm ever faced with needing to do this I think I'll remove the gearbox/motor to lessen the effort. The gearbox is mounted with 4 small phillips screws.

Many suggested lubing the slide mechanism. I have a 2001 Fleetwood Expedition,a kissin' cousin to the Discovery. I see no area to lube. I see the cog track but nothing else that looks like it is carrying any weight that would need lubing.

Install a 25 amp auto reset 12 volt circuit breaker. That way, you do not have to keep replacing the fuse when it blows. Once that is done, you can troubleshoot. Usually, on this type problem on Fleetwoods, the MOTOR is bad. Replace it. It is just plain worn out. There is nothing but the motor from the rear control board that has the fuse. IF the room extends and retracts with no obvious binding, then the motor is bad. Doug

There is a lever to throw to disengage the motor from the gears.

I did the BR slide ok but I don't think one could do the big slides.

There are Powergear units BTW.

btcruzer wrote:
I'd e interested in knowing more about using a ratchet to move the slide. Same option on living room slide?

This works on a 2005 Fleetwood Excursion or Discover 39S. I'll assume it works on a few of their other MHs a couple of years either side. Basically raise the bed as high as you can. Then under the head of the bed, where the motor is, you'll see a large bolt head. It's about a 3/4" or 7/8". Put a 1/2" drive ratchet on it and it will crank the bedroom slide in or out depending which way you turn it. Since the slide is small, it doesn't take a lot of effort. One of these days I need to check the other two slides to see if they have the same mechanism.

I can't give you the exact socket size because the MH is a long way from here. If I can find the pictures I took, I'll try t post them in a day or two.

When the fuse blew on me, it did like one of the other posters stated - it blew as soon as we pushed the slide switch. Being that they use a slow-blow fuse, I would have expected the slide to retract somewhat while the fuse was heating up. After retracting the slide by hand, we hunted all over the Tucson area for some of the slow-blow fuses and couldn't find any. Put a standard fuse in it which worked fine and bought some slow-blow fuses from Amazon that were waiting for us when we got home.

Bill

I'd e interested in knowing more about using a ratchet to move the slide. Same option on living room slide?