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gmw photos wrote:

camperforlife wrote:
This is what a Schwintek looks like when it jumps the bottom track.

Wow. I'd like to see what the mechanicals look like in that failure. You say "it jumped the bottom track", and I can't really picture what you mean. It looks almost like what happened is the gear at the bottom end of the shaft broke ( or the shaft broke ), resulting in the top continuing to extend, while the bottom did not.

What was the fix in this case ?

This was my brothers. The bottom drive gears jumped cogs in the track so it did not extend as far as the top. I think this was failure #4. The fix was removing and replacing all seals all tracks and motors. Basically everything except the controller. By this time it was out of warranty but he had experienced so many issues that Schwintek provided all the parts but he had to eat the labor that was over $700. He has used it twice since and says it works better than it ever has. I hope for him they have finally solved his problems.

He was forced to tow it home (3 hours away) with the top of the slide partially sticking out.

This is not a typical Schwintek failure, they usually get out of sync right to left side or vice versa, not top to bottom.