Squealing Swintek slide

Goldencrazy wrote:
The tech at my dealer advises that they lubed them well and drove the moho and it was very quiet. So hope that works. Not sure how often I will need to do it. Every six months would be ok.

I have had to do mine after each rain or about every 2 trips unfortunately.

The tech at my dealer advises that they lubed them well and drove the moho and it was very quiet. So hope that works. Not sure how often I will need to do it. Every six months would be ok.

Scwinktek advises to keep their slides clean from debris by using soapy water and rising it off. No lubes, no grease, no silicone,
etc. Don't believe me, contact Schwintek directly!!

Goldencrazy wrote:
The squeal is in transit.

Then they need to check the sidewall diameter. Doug

The squeal is in transit.

Mine does that. I use slide seal lube on the walls and seals of the slide and that works. Rain washes it off of course so it needs to be reapplied.

Goldencrazy wrote:
Thanks. I saw that and dealer mentioned bling it. I wondered if anyone has had real experience with this and if luring actually fixed the squeal totally. I won't drive it until the sound is gone.

Are you saying it makes this noise while traveling? Or it makes this noise while extending and retracting? The Lube procedure is just for noise while extending and retracting. Tiffin older Breeze motorhomes used a Scwintek mechanism and THEY had such a noise while in transit. The problem was that the Breeze used a 1 1/4 inch thick sidewall and the Scwintek mechanism was designed for a 1 1/2 inch thick sidewall. This cause the mount rail flange to slightly twist in transit and caused a horrible squeak. Tiffin's fix for just these few models was to have us install a steel angle to reinforce the thinner wall to prevent the flange from twisting. Tiffin re-engineered the slide systems on later and current models to a Hydraulic system to prevent these problems. I would be curious if this Winne has the thinner sidewall. Doug

Thanks. I saw that and dealer mentioned doing it. I wondered if anyone has had real experience with this and if it actually fixed the squeal totally. I won't drive it until the sound is gone.

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How to lube Schwintek and what to lube it with. Can find product on Amazon.