deprived
Mar 15, 2017Explorer
slide motor DOA?
Over the past few months, it seemed to me that the slide motor was running slower and slower even though the load on the slide remained the same. I regularly apply slide lube to keep everything tip-top.
On our last move, it took the slide out about half way and then stopped.
When I pressed the slide button, I could hear a relay clicking somewhere but that's it.
I have been able to manually run the slide in and out by getting under there and putting a wrench on the main slide drive axle, so I don't believe the slide itself is "stuck". I figure if I can move it with my noodle-arms, then the issue is probably not with the slide assembly itself. Is that reasonable thinking?
I know DC motors can go bad - we've had to replace two vent motors and the main A/C blower motor in the past year, which I think is maybe normal for an 2007 RV with 100k miles on it.
So does it seem plausible, given the apparent gradual slowness of the slide motor, that the motor has crapped out? Is that how DC motors die? Do they just fade away? I hate dropping nearly 750 bucks if I don't have to.
But, honestly, I just don't know that much about the nature of DC motors.
As always, thanks.
On our last move, it took the slide out about half way and then stopped.
When I pressed the slide button, I could hear a relay clicking somewhere but that's it.
I have been able to manually run the slide in and out by getting under there and putting a wrench on the main slide drive axle, so I don't believe the slide itself is "stuck". I figure if I can move it with my noodle-arms, then the issue is probably not with the slide assembly itself. Is that reasonable thinking?
I know DC motors can go bad - we've had to replace two vent motors and the main A/C blower motor in the past year, which I think is maybe normal for an 2007 RV with 100k miles on it.
So does it seem plausible, given the apparent gradual slowness of the slide motor, that the motor has crapped out? Is that how DC motors die? Do they just fade away? I hate dropping nearly 750 bucks if I don't have to.
But, honestly, I just don't know that much about the nature of DC motors.
As always, thanks.