External brake on slide out motor ?

On mine you lift the arm to release the brake.

But the brake should be engaged during normal operation? You just disengage it to manually push the slide in?

You dont push the slide in. The lever disengages the motor from the gears and you insert a 1/2 socket wrench into the gear box and start ratcheting and good luck; the tiny bedroom slide was a mother.

Cant imagine doing a big slide.

If your slide has two motors, you have to switch from one to the other as you manually crank the slide in, to keep it even.

The brake is engaged all the time. When apply 12 volt power to the motor, that electrically releases the brake. When no 12 volt power to the motor the brake engages. You flip that end lever to manually release the brake. Most do NOT have a socket/bolt to ratchet the room in. I use the release to easily remove each of the 2- 1/4 inch bolts that mount the drive shafts to each end of the motor, then you can easily with 2 or 3 people push the room in or out. If the brake release lever has been released accidentally, then when the room is fully retracted, it will pooch out 1 to 3 inches since the brake is not engaged. When this happens you go to the motor and re-engage the brake lever. Then fully retract and the room will then stay tight retracted. Doug

Thanks Doug, exactly what I was looking for..