Sticking slide out
My bedroom slide out needs mechanical help to get started moving in or out, but once moving, it works fine. The motor was replaced about a year ago. Any suggestions?
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- Lube up the tracks? Grease up the gears? Do you have excess weight on the slides? Maybe removing some of the weight will help too.
- Is it sticking against he rubber seal? Along with Dutchmens good advice you could spray the rubber seals with a dry lubricant. (Works great on automotive door seals as well to keep them from freezing and sticking in the winter).
ScottG wrote:
Is it sticking against he rubber seal? Along with Dutchmens good advice you could spray the rubber seals with a dry lubricant. (Works great on automotive door seals as well to keep them from freezing and sticking in the winter).
Excellent suggestion also. I didn't think about that. Rubber seals can stick, making the initial "open" difficult. I spray my seals twice a year with this. I got it from my local RV dealership parts store in Anderson, Indiana. I'm sure it's sold just about everywhere.
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- A lot of additional amps (surge current) are needed to start a motor. Hence it could be battery or wiring related or relays or etc.
- It's definitly not the rubber seals that are sticking.
The battery was replaced just last year. I can stop it half way in or out, and it will start moving again, so I doubt it could be that high amp situation. Any idea what the amps should be?
Thanks to all for the suggestions. - I have the same problem once in a while with my superslide.
In my case, the slide has to climb a ramp for the first 6 inches or so, which makes it much harder to move for those first 6 inches. The slide rides up a piece of low-friction plastic that is across the whole width of the slide. This is the feature that is advertised as the "flush floor" of the slide.
When fully open, my slide has dropped down a little lower than it was when new, indicating that something has moved or worn somewhere. This is what is causing mine to need a little push to get it going. I will need to check the slide alignment and wear.
Steve - is it electric or hydraulic?
Did this just start?
Bad connection
Bad / weak resettable circuit breaker
Bad relay
bad terminal/wire
get a meter, measure the voltage at the motor terminals what do they show? subcamper wrote:
Monaco?
The slide rides up a piece of low-friction plastic that is across the whole width of the slide. This is the feature that is advertised as the "flush floor" of the slide.
My flush floor slide skid broke and jammed the slide. If it had not jammed the slide would be about 1/8" lower and/or would have not worked very well.
If you see any cracking of the skid then replace it. If handy it can be a DYI project. I now have stainless skids.
