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Cajun_Bill's avatar
Cajun_Bill
Explorer
Mar 17, 2022

slide making popping noises

I have a "new to me" 30 ft. Open Range TT that I really like. Having a problem that I hope the group can help me with. The TT has three slides and one of them, the super slide in the living area makes some really loud noises when opening and closing, but especially when closing. As I'm bringing it in, the slide seems to pause for a split second, then it jerks and toward the end of the travel into the trailer, it makes a loud noise. It seems to be coming from one side and not the other. It's as if the cable is slipping or in a bind. I can't view it close to the motor and gear that operates the chain drive, but I can stand on a ladder at that end and observe the motor and gear and chain and it doesn't seem like that is the problem. I'm guessing that it is in the pulley system and while I went outside to observe the cables which seem to be fine, I can't see where the pulleys are to see if the cables are on track. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
  • jdc1's avatar
    jdc1
    Explorer II
    Mar 17, 2022
    It's probably where the fabric meets the metal at the end of the plywood under the slide. It may be catching on the interior carpet or plastic slide guide.
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Mar 17, 2022
    If it's a rack and pinion style slide, the shear pin on one side may have broken - that's exactly how they act when it breaks.
    The shear pins used for residential snow blowers are the same part and may be easier to find.
  • wanderingaimles's avatar
    wanderingaimles
    Explorer
    Mar 18, 2022
    Always start with the easiest issues first.
    lube
    It's not always the solution, but the simpliest is often also the best.
  • dfm's avatar
    dfm
    Explorer
    Mar 18, 2022
    Look Here. tons of info on "popping slide noise"


    https://www.openrangeowners.com/ORforum/index.php?sid=8436841fb3d00274a0f093179638b743
  • GrandpaKip's avatar
    GrandpaKip
    Explorer II
    Mar 18, 2022
    We have a BAL cable slide, but it’s a lot smaller than yours. It has made popping sounds for the 6 years we’ve had it. I had a cable become unattached. I had to remove the top trim to reattach and then tightened the cables. Still pops some.
  • yonehip's avatar
    yonehip
    Explorer
    Mar 28, 2022
    If you have a slide making popping noises when you use it, try to locate the source of the sound. Also, you can visit ***Link Removed*** to get useful information to complete the thesis assignment easily. If the noise is coming from the slide's release button, one of the fix suggestions would be to take off the lens and move the slide release button up and down with your finger a few times and then reattach your lens.
  • GrandpaKip's avatar
    GrandpaKip
    Explorer II
    Mar 28, 2022
    yonehip wrote:
    If you have a slide making popping noises when you use it, try to locate the source of the sound. Also, you can visit ***Link Removed*** to get useful information to complete the thesis assignment easily. If the noise is coming from the slide's release button, one of the fix suggestions would be to take off the lens and move the slide release button up and down with your finger a few times and then reattach your lens.

    What?
    Not only is reading comprehension a problem, but so is writing comprehension.
  • Gjac's avatar
    Gjac
    Explorer III
    Apr 02, 2022
    GrandpaKip wrote:
    We have a BAL cable slide, but it’s a lot smaller than yours. It has made popping sounds for the 6 years we’ve had it. I had a cable become unattached. I had to remove the top trim to reattach and then tightened the cables. Still pops some.
    . I have this same system and it has made popping noise for 10 years that I owned the MH. It has never failed to open or close and of all the systems in the MH it has been trouble free.

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