Slide alignment problem after awning hangs
The slide awning was getting tattered and I should have removed it. But it was still helping some. Went to put the slide out and it got hung up somehow. Had to go cut it off to get the slide out. Ther...
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Was looking to see what the real shear bolts looked like and ran across this post from 2011: http://www.5thwheelforums.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-2061.html
Looks like the same problem only the track jumped because of worn out parts in the pinion assembly. It would be a huge coincidence if mine had worn out parts. Looks like I have some more investigating to do before I try to remove the bolts they put in there. Definitely the wrong bolts because the right ones are threaded the entire length, have an allen wrench head, and are either 1 or 1.25 inches long. These have hex heads, are only threaded about half the length, and are about 2.5 inches long. **** it keystone. It's like a $2 part and instead you pound in something else you have laying around. The idiot probably dropped them on the floor and was too lazy to go back and look. I wonder if the right ones are installed on the opposite slide.
Looks like the same problem only the track jumped because of worn out parts in the pinion assembly. It would be a huge coincidence if mine had worn out parts. Looks like I have some more investigating to do before I try to remove the bolts they put in there. Definitely the wrong bolts because the right ones are threaded the entire length, have an allen wrench head, and are either 1 or 1.25 inches long. These have hex heads, are only threaded about half the length, and are about 2.5 inches long. **** it keystone. It's like a $2 part and instead you pound in something else you have laying around. The idiot probably dropped them on the floor and was too lazy to go back and look. I wonder if the right ones are installed on the opposite slide.
