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bricot
Jun 08, 2010Explorer
Papa Mel wrote:
My 2004 Pace Arrow, 37C makes a terrible noise when extending and retracting the sofa/dinette slideout. It makes a sound like wood scraping on metal. Also, it will hang up a little when retracting. I stop it for a second, then continue to retract. So far OK, but the noise is troublesome. Any ideas?
Thanks, Papa Mel
Is one side tending to come in first? With the slide out, climb under and look at the drive shaft that retracts the slide (long square tube attached to drive motor usually with a quick release pin), make sure your bolts at both ends of the shaft are still there and tight. Mine sheared one end off so that end would spin (occasionally grabbing on the sheared part of the bolt that stayed inside the pin). Tell tale sign for me that something was happening was one side would start to move before the other.
Trim work around the slide-out intact, not dragging.
Also isn't there some glide strips along the side of the slide-out that slide between the body and slide-out? Something else to check
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