Slideout questions

Question

We are looking at Class C motorhomes, and I was wondering where I can get info on which manufacturers slideout mechanisms are in which coaches I have seen videos on you tube but I want to do some research on slideout issues before I really start to look at coaches.  I have seen you tube videos on lippert systems that are scary..... But that was on a full wall class A coach.   So any help, or hints on what to look for when testing the slideout is greatly appreciated!

azdryheat · Answer

There's only three types of slide mechanisms I'm aware of: hydraulic, cable and screw-drive (Schwintek). As far as I know, Lippert provides 90+% of the market.

donn0128 · Answer

Contact the manufacturer of the coach and ask them.

old-biscuit · Answer

azdryheat wrote:There's only three types of slide mechanisms I'm aware of: hydraulic, cable and screw-drive (Schwintek). As far as I know, Lippert provides 90+% of the market.Along with Motor driven/rack &amp; pinion &amp; motor driven/chainPower Gear and AL-KO also mfg/supply slide mechanisms

dougrainer · Answer

azdryheat wrote:There's only three types of slide mechanisms I'm aware of: hydraulic, cable and screw-drive (Schwintek). As far as I know, Lippert provides 90+% of the market.LOTS  more than what you posted. While it seems LCI has 90%, the figure is a lot smaller. LCI has purchsed some Slide makers, but THOSE are still the original design. There are different makes and designs on Hyd systems. Same with Electric gear type systems. I would say there are at least 20 to 30 different systems in use in the past 20 years. Maybe more. They ALL have different designs and operations. Doug

Forum Discussion

Slideout questions

4 Replies

About Technical Issues

Related Content

Schwintek slideout question

Slideout cover questions.

Newbie power question

Slideout lubrication

slideouts