Suspect hydraulic pump (slides) fading
I have a fifth wheel at an RV park where it now lives. When I arrive I open the slides and when I leave I close them. When I left last week, the slides moved much slower and I had to push the last sl...
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The slides work and hold. No crisis yet. I lose about a quart and a half a year. It is not on the six stabilizers because I can visually see them.
I drilled holes thru the bottom of the RV at the low points to see if oil came out from the 3 main slides. Nothing. The 4th slide in the bedroom is under the bed and can be visually checked. All OK.
So my plan is to cut 3ft squares out of the under belly to examine each of the 3 jacks. I will then devise a way to reinstall so I can easily check or replace a bad jack in the future .
In the fall I added 1 gallon of oil. So I am looking for a gallon of oil an it is not apparent yet where it is hiding. That is the most surprising fact.
I will report back on my progress.
Thank you for telling me that oil is on both sides of the piston. I called Lippert and they did not tell me that.
I drilled holes thru the bottom of the RV at the low points to see if oil came out from the 3 main slides. Nothing. The 4th slide in the bedroom is under the bed and can be visually checked. All OK.
So my plan is to cut 3ft squares out of the under belly to examine each of the 3 jacks. I will then devise a way to reinstall so I can easily check or replace a bad jack in the future .
In the fall I added 1 gallon of oil. So I am looking for a gallon of oil an it is not apparent yet where it is hiding. That is the most surprising fact.
I will report back on my progress.
Thank you for telling me that oil is on both sides of the piston. I called Lippert and they did not tell me that.
