Replacing slideout motors (Found the motor!)

klutchdust wrote:

There are gears in there and a worm drive. Possibly the shear pin holding the gear on sheared.
At least that's the way mine is set up. Do you have any of the original paperwork that came with the coach that would have some information on the slide out that we could look at. Or the model of the coach, i think there are diagrams online I could look at. They aren't that complicated and since it just clatters it makes me think the gear is jammed or stripped or loose, maybe just misaligned. mine had an issue with the bolts coming loose and the worm drive jammed.

I just looked up a similar model and it says that there is access to the slide out motor behind the driver's seat. You can turn the slide out motor manually with a 1/2 inch ratchet . I would investigate this possibility because it may unjam it . This is also the way to manually retract or extend in case of motor failure. Mine ratchets and clatters when it reaches it's furthermost pints, mostly when i am retracting, I guess it's a safety device. Also is anything jammed to prevent the slide from going out, I left my slide lock on and broke the moulding. Maybe something fell beside it. Gkids baseball bat rolling around almost ruined my day once.

I have not yet located my motor access - it is not behind the driver's seat, I plan to crawl under again tomorrow to see if there is an access panel. This is a greyhawk 30 gs, 2006 model.

EDIT I will also check to see if any of the storage bays under the slide out offer access.