Okay Called Gulfstream customer service they said that there are no use restrictions on the slide out and for me to take it to my dealer and have them evaluate it and that it should be covered under warranty. So I called my dealer's service department for an appointment to find out that they are booked out to late August or early September! When I explained to the service tech what the problem was he said "if you need it sooner it's an easy fix if your handy with a screwdriver and drill, Just remove the cushions from the dinette take the screws out of the brackets on the trim piece and pull the paneling back so you can get to the screws that hold the dinette to the slide wall and pilot drill through the dinette frame and shoot some new 2" screws with flat washers into the wall. That's what we would do to fix it." So being the handyman I am and not wanting to go through the hassle of taking it 120 miles up a washboard I65 to Indianapolis I decided to investigate and followed his instructions to remove the panel and find that they had only used one screw to hold the frame of the dinette to the slide wall and it didn't pull out it broke off! So I did exactly as he instructed and put three 2" screws with washers spaced evenly and used a rubber mallet to drive the cabinet frame back on the staples it pulled out of, reassembled the panel on the dinette and it's good as new! actually better since it now has more than one screw holding it together. I do believe I will now come down on the side of not using the slide while it is in unless I put a block under the edge for support. Everyone talks about walking on the slide edge but mine is not meant to be walked on at all. Half of it is the dinette booth and the other half is the sofa with a sort of hidden storage cabinet behind it, so unless your sitting in the dinette your feet are always on the trailer floor!
