Wearing under bedroom slide ???

[ilvtravln]

The rollers are wearing on the underside of the bedroom slide, I priced stainless 10" by 27" 1/8 thick was told $750. for 2 pieces, seems a bit high, is there an alternate material I can use that's more reasonably priced. Thanks

[Cummins12V98]

14ga is what fellow DRV owner placed on his slide bottom with no deflection.

[Allworth]

Try aluminum plate. Watch out for the thickness of the plates causing the top of the slide to jam in the opening just as it closes completely.

I tried 3/16" and had to remove them and go to 3/32". Plenty stiff.


Google 'specialty aluminum plate'.

[shadows4]

ilvtravln wrote:
The rollers are wearing on the underside of the bedroom slide, I priced stainless 10" by 27" 1/8 thick was told $750. for 2 pieces, seems a bit high, is there an alternate material I can use that's more reasonably priced. Thanks

1/8 inch thick seems a bit extreme to me. Thin aluminum would be cheaper and easier to use I would think. I haven't done it yet but have been thinking about it as I have had to rebuild our bedroom slide.
I also used a short piece of aluminum drip rail to help stop the wicking. Seems to work well. Good luck.

[Bipeflier]

I'm a little late to the party but check out McMaster-Carr.com

McMaster-Carr Stainless 12 X 36

[ilvtravln]

FLY 4 FUN wrote:
do it before it wears out the Darco material or you will be facing a costly repair if moisture gets into the MDF lining the slide. I tried tape and various coatings but ultimately had to get the slide rebuilt as water wicked down the sides of slide and then along the now porous and torn liner.

Material underside of slide is in good shape, no cracks or holes, want to install stainless steel ahead of any problems. Thanks

[ScottG]

Check onlinemetals.com.

[FLY_4_FUN]

do it before it wears out the Darco material or you will be facing a costly repair if moisture gets into the MDF lining the slide. I tried tape and various coatings but ultimately had to get the slide rebuilt as water wicked down the sides of slide and then along the now porous and torn liner.

[ilvtravln]

Allworth wrote:
Most Titanium owners have reinforced with construction grade aluminum. 3/32" is plenty thick.

Do you have a plan for installing??

A

Yes, will install myself, thanks

[Allworth]

Most Titanium owners have reinforced with construction grade aluminum. 3/32" is plenty thick.

Do you have a plan for installing??

A