Another way to repair a Schwintek slide
My RV is 6 years old and the slides have been pretty good except for one broken wire that was a pain to repair. Yesterday I decided to run the 3 slides out and back in as part of getting ready for ...
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This is a photo of the motor unit after I pried it out. The thin black plastic cover is off the top (right) - you can see the hall effect sensor and broken wires. Just below (left) of the slots, you can see a couple of scrapes where the fastening screw dragged and the whole thing rotated until the wires broke.
One the bottom (left) you can see the driveshaft and two of the four stubs that locate the motor unit to the block. Somehow the unit lifted at least 1/4" despite the locating screw still being in place and that's what let the motor rotate.
I agree with you that there may be problems in the future. The motor to driveshaft coupler tried to come out of the block with the motor - I had to force it down while prying the motor up. Maybe the coupler got bent somehow. The motor driveshaft rotated cleanly when I bench tested it. Maybe the driveshaft is bent and that's torquing the whole assembly. Dunno.
One the bottom (left) you can see the driveshaft and two of the four stubs that locate the motor unit to the block. Somehow the unit lifted at least 1/4" despite the locating screw still being in place and that's what let the motor rotate.
I agree with you that there may be problems in the future. The motor to driveshaft coupler tried to come out of the block with the motor - I had to force it down while prying the motor up. Maybe the coupler got bent somehow. The motor driveshaft rotated cleanly when I bench tested it. Maybe the driveshaft is bent and that's torquing the whole assembly. Dunno.
