2007 Host Rainier Broke slide motor/gearbox
Slide wouldn't go in and made an awful grinding noise. There is an access hatch outside under the camper to get at the motor and connecting linkage but you can't remove motor and gearbox from there. I...
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They aren't just proud of the motor and gear box. I recently replaced two of the roller bearings that the slide rolls on. It was a LTM Mfgr. mechanism but no longer supported.
There are 20 cup bearings on the mechanism being used as rollers, which isn't what they were designed for. (The design engineer obviously didn't do well in some of his classes.)
The average price that I found was a bit less than $20 each for cam follower bearings.
Would have liked to have replaced them all but didn't want to spend $400 on it right now.
It took about a day to pull the slide and then get everything put back together.
There are 20 cup bearings on the mechanism being used as rollers, which isn't what they were designed for. (The design engineer obviously didn't do well in some of his classes.)
The average price that I found was a bit less than $20 each for cam follower bearings.
Would have liked to have replaced them all but didn't want to spend $400 on it right now.
It took about a day to pull the slide and then get everything put back together.
