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acritzer
Explorer II
May 24, 2017

Water tracking in from slideout?

Our camper is a bit low on the door side, opposite of our slideout. Today, after very hard rain I noticed some water, which appears to have crept in past the rubber seals very near the slideout track.

Is this "normal" or expected? And mostly a symptom of the trailer being angled poorly?

We have previously camped through a much longer and harder rain with no issues.
It's a 2015 Coachmen Apex.

To me, the rubber on the sides looks good, and on the top, but the pieces around the track looks poorly designed. Not broken, but not a great seal either.

16 Replies

  • wildtoad wrote:
    Slides are a result of a major hole in the side of the RV. The top, bottom and side seals do a decent yet not perfect job of preventing water intrusion. One should not been surprised with a small amount of seepage during a storm. Do what you can to keep the seals clean and lubricated, and trash off the top of the slide that might cause a poor seal.


    Sounds like what I was thinking too. Hard to explain over text, but the bottom part of the seal just doesn't look especially well thought out. I realize the track not being flush with the wall makes it's a challenge, but there's a goofy little rubber piece that doesn't fit in here particularly well. I suspect that's where it was sneaking in.
  • Slides are a result of a major hole in the side of the RV. The top, bottom and side seals do a decent yet not perfect job of preventing water intrusion. One should not been surprised with a small amount of seepage during a storm. Do what you can to keep the seals clean and lubricated, and trash off the top of the slide that might cause a poor seal.
  • spud1957 wrote:
    Trailer needs to be level for seals and drains to work properly around the slide.

    Experience speaking.


    Or even better, a little low on the slideout side?
  • Trailer needs to be level for seals and drains to work properly around the slide.

    Experience speaking.
  • No water should creep in at all. Check seals first. Were you level?
  • acritzer wrote:
    Our camper is a bit low on the door side, opposite of our slideout. Today, after very hard rain I noticed some water, which appears to have crept in past the rubber seals very near the slideout track.

    Is this "normal" or expected? And mostly a symptom of the trailer being angled poorly?

    We have previously camped through a much longer and harder rain with no issues.
    It's a 2015 Coachmen Apex.

    To me, the rubber on the sides looks good, and on the top, but the pieces around the track looks poorly designed. Not broken, but not a great seal either.


    Why not use some lynx lock levelers and make your trailer a tad higher on the opposide side which would solve your problem ?

    Jack L

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