Repairing underside of bed slide (roller damage)?

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Hi folks,
Got a crack developing where the slide roller "sits" when our bed slide is retracted. Exploring with a rubber mallet it seems like this side of the slide was not reinforced to hold the pressure of the roller (unlike the other side which is solid).
First thought was to go inside, remove the bed box and get under the floor to build a support for this fiberglass to sit on. However this spot looks next to impossible to get to from the inside.
I was thinking about attaching some aluminum sheet stock with screws and finishing off the edges with sealant? Previously I had made a very ghetto and temporary repair with tape and an old license plate. It held for about a year and then got rid of it (license plate too thin and deformed, tape couldn't hold it in place and the rollers shifted it).
Open to ideas...
I think I'd need a 12" x 24" plate to cover this enough:

stickdog · Answer

Others have done similar repairs where the roller takes the weight of the slide and over time deforms the substrate.  Wouldn't hurt to use a adhesive as well as screws to secure the reinforcement.

triumphguy · Answer

stickdog wrote:Others have done similar repairs where the roller takes the weight of the slide and over time deforms the substrate.  Wouldn't hurt to use a adhesive as well as screws to secure the reinforcement.Good reminder - screws + adhesive and sealant on the edges.

bdpreece · Answer

I have seen where people are using door kick plates You can cut them to size and screw/glue in place.  You need to make sure that the bottom is failing because of weight rather than a leak that caused it to fail before doing the repair.

triumphguy · Answer

bdpreece wrote:I have seen where people are using door kick plates You can cut them to size and screw/glue in place.  You need to make sure that the bottom is failing because of weight rather than a leak that caused it to fail before doing the repair.Great tip!  Thank you - I was about to order some plate material online but that's a better approach.I'm 99% sure there isn't a leak involved but I'll triple check.  Should be pretty darn obvious since we just had rainmageddon here...

joe417 · Answer

That looks similar to a slide failure I had a few years ago. Caused by a leak at the top corner of the slide. Only leaked when the slide was extended. We couldn't see we had a leak from the inside until we pulled the carpet back.

If the floor had water damage you're going to need a very thick plate to bandaid it together.

I pulled our slide out and replace the floor. Got a neighbor and his son to help lay it down on some long saw horses. Took 2 days to replace and re-install.

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