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โMar-23-2017 01:19 PM
TUCQUALA wrote:
You probably have a slide mechanism that is under the slide, like 1 or 2 beams (rams) that are driven by a rack & pinion mechanism.
The side walls of the slide are not square, they are wider at the bottom than at the top by a small amount. When you move it out, the bottom goes first, then the top follows. As the bottom moves out the floor drops since the slide room is still touching at the top edge. Known as a flush floor slide, no step up into the slide room.
When retracting, the room moves evenly along the floor edge supported by nylon blocks or strips (usually!) which are mounted along the outer edge of the main floor. When the top contacts the upper wall, the slide bottom (floor) is still a couple of inches or so from the bottom edge and as the slide mechanism continues inward, the bottom continues into the trailer causing the floor to rise just as the slide is fully closed. It is pivoting at the top contact with the trailer main wall. Simple, right!!???
โMar-23-2017 01:12 PM
Nvr2loud wrote:
Some of us have slides without a floor, mine is like that. The underside of the slide is just a rubber 'curtain / barrier'
The couch and kitchen cupboards are on rollers and travel along the TT floor.
โMar-23-2017 12:23 PM
โMar-23-2017 09:03 AM
ScottG wrote:
Mine has a plastic or nylon threshold it slides over. From stepping on it while the slide was partially in, we broke it. I ended up designing rollers to replace it.
Also, my buddy was warned not to step on the slide floor of his new Arctic Fox.
So apparently there are some designs where the slide floor should be avoided when it's not all the way out.
โMar-23-2017 08:16 AM
Lynnmor wrote:
The slide should contact the side at the top first. Should the bottom hit first, the top would not get pulled tightly against the side.
โMar-23-2017 07:37 AM
โMar-23-2017 07:09 AM
GrandpaKip wrote:
I would find out if that little lift is normal. Sounds as if the slide is not vertically square with the camper.
โMar-23-2017 06:06 AM
โMar-22-2017 07:29 PM
ScottG wrote:
Mine has a plastic or nylon threshold it slides over. From stepping on it while the slide was partially in, we broke it. I ended up designing rollers to replace it.
Also, my buddy was warned not to step on the slide floor of his new Arctic Fox.
So apparently there are some designs where the slide floor should be avoided when it's not all the way out.
โMar-22-2017 06:57 PM
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