Bolt Sheared Off on Slide Rod
So, I guess the "age" demons are playing with us on our new (used) coach (1999 model). Nothing major, but we noticed that the living room/kitchen slide went out one-sided....we could get it to go out...
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John Wayne wrote:
If it's a power gear there should be a lever on the motor (which is the brake) You can move this lever and you may be able to move the shafts with a pliers. This is also the way you manually push the slide out in if you need to ( motor gives up). Just remember to move the lever on the motor back when done.
Ding, ding, ding!!! We have a winner!! THANKS!! Yep, found that lever, and was able to easily move the shaft to align the bolt holes...BUT.... in my infinite wisdom I bought longer bolts to make sure that the shoulder/collar (whichever it's called) would take the "shear" force, but ......they are now too long to make the rotation without the end of the bolts hitting the underside of the floor of the slide. Soooooo.....I'll go back and get the original length and hope that I've eliminated whatever bind caused the bolts to shear in the first place and there won't be a problem with the force being on the threads of the bolts. :-)
Gotta love whoever engineered this........
