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tvfrfireman
May 23, 2017Explorer
joebedford wrote:I popped of the plastic end cap on the motor and the frail wire were all soldered on and the resistance was all the same. I also did the system reset. It only goes and inch and then stops each time. This is really puzzling.
When my slide stopped working it had the same symptoms as yours - move a bit then stop. Both motors worked. I eventually found how to do a manual override on the controller so I could get the slide out and in.
I eventually discovered that two of the wires had come unsoldered from the PCB on the top of the motor. Why two at the same time? I dunno. Anyway, like yours, the cable was good, but that wasn't where the problem was.
I replaced the motor and it works fine again. I also repaired the old motor so now I have a spare.
Mine is a first year schwintek model so there are NO SLOTS TO REMOVE A FAULTY MOTOR!! They said I had to remove the entire slide to replace the motor. Not going to do that. It was a long and sad saga of the effort to cut a slot because access was almost impossible but I made it - sometimes 'old and stubborn' pays off.
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