I have become the slide seal police!
We bought a new Heartland Sundance last fall. It has three slides in it. None of these three slides have seals that seem to want to do what they should do. We have had 2 other 5th wheels in the ...
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hmknightnc wrote:wcjeep wrote:
On my truck camper the outer seal is not to keep water out. The dealer called it a wipe slide. It's for removing any debris that might be sticking to the actual slide. It doesn't matter which way it's flipped. No water intrusion.
x2, if you are talking about the big rubber "flaps". They are not the seals but they do direct water to reduce the amount of water that actually get to the seals. No way those flappers were the major cause of your original leak, and now you are worrying about it to much
X3
Our slides press against bulb seals that are on side of rig.
The flappers just wipe the top and sides.
If you really want them to flip direction each time slides move get a 2" strip of 'tread grip' and install on slide (top/sides).
It's just rough enough to get the wipers something to grip & flip but not rough enough to cause harm to wipers.
