So that makes 4 times in our 2006 AF 1150. I contacted Northwoods this time in Alaska and after waiting for a return call and they seems unconcerned to say the least. I had to call back a couple times to talk to anyone and was told to contact a retail dealer for serviceOnly one dealer in Alaska all the way across the state but we called them to drop ship for us a new motor. A stark contrast from when we bought our camper when Ron Nash got on the phone personally to talk to me on a sunday in our campground and help me through the exact same problem of the slide motor failing. The same motor failure then with a broken plastic gear...Over the years I have held Ron and his concern for his company as a reason to buy a Arctic Fox. What company has a owner talk to you in a campground to make sure you get home? A great one. Fast forward to now.I can replace these bad slide motors. I just needed one. In Alaska. From Arctic Fox. Northwoods basically told me to pound salt.So eventually I got a price from a dealer in Alaska that didn't return my calls all day. 850 bucks ups ground.So we will not pay that for an 12v electric motor. I manually crank our slide now. And looking for a new TC. I understand that Ron Nash is no longer at the helm as he has had a stroke. . That high level of service he delivered to me will be his legacy.My best wishes to Ron.

"....a broken plastic gear....". I had that (broken plastic gear) with one of those electric (12V) TT tongue jacks.Of course I was lucky..being a machinist at the time, I got a piece of brass and a "ACME thread tap kit" and made two duplicates out of brass. Worked forever...at least the following 6 years I had the TT.Wondering if you might do the same...somehow. Like find an industrial supply shop, bring them the gear in question and maybe they can duplicate it right off the shelf! (Should be MUCH cheaper than $850 even if they have to make it for you. And....if that's the case have them make 2 !!) g'luck !

Exactly. Have a machine shop make you one from bar stock. Gear generation is pretty simple and I bet a company like WW Graindger or McMaster-Carr will have one with the correct pitch and bore in stock.850 bucks is highway robbery in my book.

I have had luck in the past by contacting the manufacturer of the part , in this case the motor . Several times they have sent me parts free .

I am sorry to hear about your slide motor problems,but after reading about TC slide out problems for many years now I will never buy one. I hope the rest of your trip will be a great time in Alaska.

Slide outs make more room and more problems.

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Badog
Explorer
Jul 18, 2017
I am dealing with a failed magnetic lock on a Power Gear slide motor. The company will not sell a replacement part even though based on the design it is a failure point. the original owner of the MH had to pull the motor because the "manual override" for the lock did not work either. Based on the design it is no wonder. I was able to modify the manual override so it actually works and rather than spend $700.00 for a new motor assembly I will lock it manually. It is sad how poor customer service is and how poorly products are designed in the RV industry. That is why I tell non-mechanical people to stay away from RVing unless they have a good cheap mechanic or a good mechanical friend.
On the bright side the previous owner knocked several thousand off the price do to the defective motor. It probably would have cost them over $2K to have the motor replaced at the dealership.
work2much
Explorer
Jun 28, 2017
SidecarFlip wrote:
MORSNOW wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
I think the $859 has a lot to do with it being Alaska, being the only dealer in the entire state with the part, and the next closest part being thousands of miles away.

They wouldn't do that....would they? Welcome to Alaska where everything has a freight markup, I was surprised they even had one in stock. Shops don't stock much here, but will gladly order whatever you want, with massive freight charges added of course.

Our friends are up there Alaska all summer with their TC and we converse back and forth (when they have Internet service and I asked them if they saw a Walmart Truck yet. Their answer was no.

Everything costs more in Alaska because the transportation cost is very high

Booze certainly is, especially spirits. Almost twice the cost compared to California. High tax on liquor in AK
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Jun 28, 2017
MORSNOW wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
I think the $859 has a lot to do with it being Alaska, being the only dealer in the entire state with the part, and the next closest part being thousands of miles away.

They wouldn't do that....would they? Welcome to Alaska where everything has a freight markup, I was surprised they even had one in stock. Shops don't stock much here, but will gladly order whatever you want, with massive freight charges added of course.

Our friends are up there Alaska all summer with their TC and we converse back and forth (when they have Internet service and I asked them if they saw a Walmart Truck yet. Their answer was no.

Everything costs more in Alaska because the transportation cost is very high
MORSNOW
Navigator II
Jun 28, 2017
mkirsch wrote:
I think the $859 has a lot to do with it being Alaska, being the only dealer in the entire state with the part, and the next closest part being thousands of miles away.

They wouldn't do that....would they? Welcome to Alaska where everything has a freight markup, I was surprised they even had one in stock. Shops don't stock much here, but will gladly order whatever you want, with massive freight charges added of course.
work2much
Explorer
Jun 27, 2017
towpro wrote:
google Powergear Slide Motor Parts..
first page shows gears for $100. motors for $500. one for $468 looks like the older arctic fox model with the big leaver on the back of motor.

Here is a paper that shows power gear motor identification information. including a cross reference

part numbers for replacement gears.

I don't know exactly what you need, but it might be available. I can't see power gear using a different motor in different RV manufacturers.
also check Ebay

Thanks!
towpro
Explorer
Jun 27, 2017
google Powergear Slide Motor Parts..
first page shows gears for $100. motors for $500. one for $468 looks like the older arctic fox model with the big leaver on the back of motor.

Here is a paper that shows power gear motor identification information. including a cross reference

part numbers for replacement gears.

I don't know exactly what you need, but it might be available. I can't see power gear using a different motor in different RV manufacturers.
also check Ebay
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Jun 27, 2017
LCI is buying up everything ancillary to RV's. Been my personal experience that LCI is also of questionable quality ie: Furrion and LCI Frames. Inc. Lippert also acquired HappyJac. Lets hope they don't buy Torklift.
Bedlam
Moderator
Jun 27, 2017
Lippert owns Schwintek and Powergear
mkirsch
Nomad II
Jun 27, 2017
I think the $859 has a lot to do with it being Alaska, being the only dealer in the entire state with the part, and the next closest part being thousands of miles away.
work2much
Explorer
Jun 27, 2017
GeoBoy wrote:
Doesn't Power Gear sell parts for their slide mechanism? Can you get a parts breakdown of the gearbox and buy the parts or just the gearbox? You don't need the motor if a gear is broken.

I was told by the dealer trying to sell the replacement motor that the motor was from Lippert. Probably made by someone else for them, I am guessing. Maybe that's power gear. Doing some searches on the road, not sure. In a couple months we will be back home for a couple weeks to visit family. I will pull the motor and do a better search for the gear. The camper will be much easier to sell if the slide works.

On the way home through Oregon we are going to stop at HOST and take a look at and possibly ordering a new camper. The timing may work out where we can order, take our time getting home and pick up the new camper heading south for the winter. (with a minor detour of 8 hours north)