Does anybody know if it's possible to get the shaft out then slide in a replacement roller?

The roller is NOT Schwintek supplied. But, you have to pull the slide room or hyper extend the room to replace or gain access to the rollers under a Schwintek slide box. Due to the lack of clearance on this type slide mount. You CANNOT attempt to lift the slide box up like on other slide rooms. Doug

Its a spring loaded shaft just pull one side releases the other side it pops out

newman fulltimer wrote:Its a spring loaded shaft just pull one side releases the other side it pops outThey are NOT spring loaded. They have axle caps on each end. Doug

dougrainer wrote:The roller is NOT Schwintek supplied. But, you have to pull the slide room or hyper extend the room to replace or gain access to the rollers under a Schwintek slide box. Due to the lack of clearance on this type slide mount. You CANNOT attempt to lift the slide box up like on other slide rooms. DougWho supplies it if not Schwintek?Surely the clearances on the slide aren't so close that I couldn't jack it up 1/4" to put in a new roller?

joebedford wrote:dougrainer wrote:The roller is NOT Schwintek supplied. But, you have to pull the slide room or hyper extend the room to replace or gain access to the rollers under a Schwintek slide box. Due to the lack of clearance on this type slide mount. You CANNOT attempt to lift the slide box up like on other slide rooms. DougWho supplies it if not Schwintek?Surely the clearances on the slide aren't so close that I couldn't jack it up 1/4" to put in a new roller?The OEM installs the rollers. You can jack up the room just a 1/4 inch, but you risk damaging the side Rack system and gears. The rollers are screwed to the floor using at least 1.5 inch screws. Why do you need to replace the roller? Doug

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Charlie_D_
Explorer
Jan 12, 2016
Do you have a Forest River RV? There have been some issues with the main slides tearing the Darco wrap although your picture shows something other than the Darco.

Depending on where the slide is at any given time on opening or closing one or both of my rollers will skip and then begin to turn again. I suspect that that is caused by the bottom not being perfectly flat.
dougrainer
Nomad
Jan 12, 2016
You can cut the rubber wipe seal by the roller and then use LONG needle nose pliers to pull the wrapped rubber out from the roller. I HAVE done this before also. I doubt your roller is bad, it just has that rubber torn and caught and needs removed. You will have the slightly raise the room to relieve the tension on the roller to get the rubber removed. Raising the room that 1/4 inch will not harm the Slide side mechanism's. Doug
joebedford
Nomad II
Jan 13, 2016
Yep - weatherstrip.

I went out with a flashlight and glasses and DW moved the slide a couple of inches. The other three rollers rolled and this one didn't - the slide slid.

I was able to remove the weatherstrip (what to replace it with?) and the roller rolled fine.

Now I have to repair the damage it did to the 'wood' base of the slide.

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