Slide won't come in!
I noticed recently that our slide seemed to sag towards one side. So was taking a closer look today to see what the issue is. It looks like a number of screws have broken off. I tried to put the slide...
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You're right, I'm not terribly mechanically inclined but it's been rather amazing what I've been able to fix(with the help of people like you of course ;)I'm not sure what exactly you mean by spring board but I'm thinking of using my floor jack, a 4x4, and then my 2 ft long 8x2 to spread the load, and jack it up.
Also I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the face plate. The white nylon definitely seems not to run perfectly perpendicular to the slide. However it is currently attached at both ends, it's only in the middle where the screw heads popped off. It's also in the middle where you can see that the slide is just ever so slightly below the white skid plate. It definitely sags a little towards the middle and you can feel it move when you step there. It's this part in the middle that's keeping it from going in right now.
It seems like if I can get the little black plastic slide back in place and screw the "skid plate" screwed back down in the middle that would be enoguh to get slid back in. I'm also not sure how to go about reattaching the black slide as it used to be stapled but I'm not going to be able to get at the bottom of it. However that would still leave the one side off of the white nylon when fully extended. I was looking and I don't really see a way to adjust it so it doesn't go quite so far out. Also then it seems that it wouldn't make as tight a seal. It seems like without addressing that it's very likely to just happen again.
Sorry for the rambling but since we are still in Tucson my grandfather is going to come by tomorrow to give me a hand with it and I want to have a plan of action. I feel like I've got the general idea but I'm not sure how to address it going out too far.
Thanks Again,
Tim Czarkowski
TotalTravelers.com
This is the only place where I see an adjustment for how far that side comes out and it looks like it's already adjusted all the way in. Is there something else I should be looking for to make the adjustment?
Also I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the face plate. The white nylon definitely seems not to run perfectly perpendicular to the slide. However it is currently attached at both ends, it's only in the middle where the screw heads popped off. It's also in the middle where you can see that the slide is just ever so slightly below the white skid plate. It definitely sags a little towards the middle and you can feel it move when you step there. It's this part in the middle that's keeping it from going in right now.
It seems like if I can get the little black plastic slide back in place and screw the "skid plate" screwed back down in the middle that would be enoguh to get slid back in. I'm also not sure how to go about reattaching the black slide as it used to be stapled but I'm not going to be able to get at the bottom of it. However that would still leave the one side off of the white nylon when fully extended. I was looking and I don't really see a way to adjust it so it doesn't go quite so far out. Also then it seems that it wouldn't make as tight a seal. It seems like without addressing that it's very likely to just happen again.
Sorry for the rambling but since we are still in Tucson my grandfather is going to come by tomorrow to give me a hand with it and I want to have a plan of action. I feel like I've got the general idea but I'm not sure how to address it going out too far.
Thanks Again,
Tim Czarkowski
TotalTravelers.com
This is the only place where I see an adjustment for how far that side comes out and it looks like it's already adjusted all the way in. Is there something else I should be looking for to make the adjustment?
