First trip bust

[Firelime]

Well our first trip of the year is a bust. As we were just about to depart the kitchen slide bound up on the retract and now won't come in. It is now at Campingworld. Hopefully they can figure it out early enough so we can depart tomorrow, but that is unlikely. I feel like we have joint custody with Campingworld since it's lived there half the time since we got it. Rant over.

[1ofmany]

We wish you the best of luck getting back on the road and having the fun you should be having....

[majorgator]

Firelime wrote:
I feel like we have joint custody with Campingworld since it's lived there half the time since we got it.

This may be slightly off-topic, but I've read countless comments on here that basically say the same thing. Whether its Camping World or some other dealer, it seems like many (if not most) new units spend a lot of time back at the dealer for warranty repairs. My parents have a rig that's less than a year old, and its already been back to CW for a converter replacement (which took well over a month) and back again for a radio replacement (which took 2 hours). We've only ever owned used campers, but these situations make me wonder if buying a 3-5 year old rig might very well be a better decision. This way, the previous owner will have gotten all these little annoyances worked out.

Just kinda one of those random thoughts that pop into my head.

[Firelime]

This slide has a cable drive. I wasn't even sure where to begin with it. Interesting though that this slide doesn't have any rollers on the bottom like my other 2 cable slides. Instead it slides on a narrow plastic strip. Seems like an awful lot of friction and a lot of load on such a small surface area.

[Peg_Leg]

Mine does that every once in a while. Mine strips the teeth on the pinion gear. Each slide guide has a rack with pinion gears fastened together by a piece of square tubing. They keep both ends of the slide in alignment with each other. There not hooked to any power, just keep the ends tied together.

I just replaced mine Saturday. Takes me about an hour now that I know how. I just ordered 2 new 16 tooth gears for a tad over $50 with the shipping. I like to keep spares. Mine is always on the street side. Guess I'm going to have to check into whats dragging and causing the problem.

The first time I had to use a screwdriver and lever it against the frame into the rack. I walked the end away from the ram in one tooth at a time. One tooth equals a quarter inch on mine. Lever it and run the ram in a little bit and repeat, over and over. I got it home that way.

[Firelime]

Thanks. Had to tow it. The slide was part way in. I wasn't crazy about it but they said that's what needed to be done for them to look it. Had the wife follow me. Luckily where I'm at we have a lot of wide farm roads with little traffic.

[shadows4]

Wow that's the pits!! How did you get it to Camping World? Hopefully it will be an easy fix and they will have you on the road tomorrow. Good luck, John