Power Gear slide adjustment
I posted some time ago about my slide which is lower at the rear and wearing on the carpet. The trailer is 13 years old and apparently something has shifted and caused the rear of the slide to be lower.
I contacted Power Glide and they sent me instructions on how to adjust the slide. The slide works by moving an inner beam in and out with a motor and spur gears. The top of the beam should be parallel to the bottom of the slide. The distance from the beam to the floor is measured with the slide out at the point near the outside wall of the slide and near the coach wall. The two measurements should be equal. I adjusted the slide and things got worse. I am now about 1 1/2" higher at the slide wall and things are a little better. There is no adjustment left.
I called the Arctic Fox factory and the tech said having the adjustment higher at the slide wall was not a problem and suggested if that did not work that shims might be necessary. The only place to put shims is between the bracket that attaches the slide beam to the slide floor and the floor. This would raise the slide floor from the beam by the thickness of the shim. He also suggested running the slide in and out with the adjustments loosened. That would put all the weight of the slide on the spur gear where it engages the track on the beam. Power Gear cautioned me about letting the spur gear bottom out on the track so I am afraid to do that.
Does anyone here understand the inner workings of the slide system. Does increasing the distance from the floor of the slide and the beam at the slide wall cause the slide to be higher off the floor when the slide is retracted?
In my simple mind I see the slide as like a seesaw with the fulcrum as whatever the slide runs on just inside the coach wall, probably rollers. If that is the case, pulling the outside of the slide down should cause the inside to rise. But that is not what I see happening.
I know it is unlikely that anyone has torn apart the slide system or faced this problem but I thought it would not hurt to ask.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
I contacted Power Glide and they sent me instructions on how to adjust the slide. The slide works by moving an inner beam in and out with a motor and spur gears. The top of the beam should be parallel to the bottom of the slide. The distance from the beam to the floor is measured with the slide out at the point near the outside wall of the slide and near the coach wall. The two measurements should be equal. I adjusted the slide and things got worse. I am now about 1 1/2" higher at the slide wall and things are a little better. There is no adjustment left.
I called the Arctic Fox factory and the tech said having the adjustment higher at the slide wall was not a problem and suggested if that did not work that shims might be necessary. The only place to put shims is between the bracket that attaches the slide beam to the slide floor and the floor. This would raise the slide floor from the beam by the thickness of the shim. He also suggested running the slide in and out with the adjustments loosened. That would put all the weight of the slide on the spur gear where it engages the track on the beam. Power Gear cautioned me about letting the spur gear bottom out on the track so I am afraid to do that.
Does anyone here understand the inner workings of the slide system. Does increasing the distance from the floor of the slide and the beam at the slide wall cause the slide to be higher off the floor when the slide is retracted?
In my simple mind I see the slide as like a seesaw with the fulcrum as whatever the slide runs on just inside the coach wall, probably rollers. If that is the case, pulling the outside of the slide down should cause the inside to rise. But that is not what I see happening.
I know it is unlikely that anyone has torn apart the slide system or faced this problem but I thought it would not hurt to ask.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.
