Slideout Issue

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(05-11-2013 10:11)davidmbrady Wrote:  Hi Chuck,

You can unbolt the awning arms from the slideout body and swing them up. I did this when I installed my slide seal. Only the leading arm is spring loaded and it's only a mild tension. When you unbolt this arm it'll want to naturally swing up to make contact with the goat rails. (keep your dental work out of the way)! Let it gently snug up against the rails. The trailing arm has no spring so you'll have to tie that one off against the goat rail.

I'm with you. I've never heard of or seen this problem before, other than Al's recent mention. I still can't see how the fabric tension of a fully extended awning can pull the aluminum trim away. But, I can see how the awning's aluminum casing slats can do it, and that can occur on either slide extension or retraction if the awning is first manually lowered to window shade position. In this case the awning casing slats will slope downward and as the slide body is articulated the slats may grind up against the slide body trim.

I think the trim is in four sections and it should be available from HWH. It can then be pre-painted and installed with screws and adhesive.

Sorry you're bumping into this Chuck. Where are you now? Any other issues cropping up? Do you still have that massive sway bar? What are your axle weights and tire pressures?

Morning David, We are home in AZ.

I've not been able to figure out how this can happen. The leading edge of the c-channel makes the most sense to me. I'm going to try to straighten the trim piece first and re use. If that looks bad, I will get a new piece from HWH and have it painted to match. It is located in a very inconspicuous place.

Oh Hell, David, we bounced all the way across the country. It about wore us both out. I believe the big anti-sway bar is still on the coach. See the pic below and tell me that is the rascal. The coach probably needs new shocks too.

David, no matter how well you inspect a coach before you buy it, you are gonna miss a bunch of things that needs "Fixin". It was raining "Cats & Dogs" the whole week I was in Florida to buy the coach which impaired the inspection process a lot.

Other problems include the door air lock solenoid malfunction and locking us both in the coach. I had to remove the over door gage plate and unplug the air line from the solenoid so we could get the door open!

Some air leaks. Had to unplug 12V compressor due to an air leak on the air valve shown in the pic below. I'm not sure what this air manifold is for yet as the air lines in that bay are a bit of a jumbled mess. Main compressor (as measured by watching the air gage) had to replendish the system air about every 15 minutes as the pressure would slowly drop to 90#s where the compressor would kick on.

We have made a list of about 30 maintenance & repair items that I will need to do before the coach is in the proper condition.