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Originally Posted by ournextstop
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Today I took it into a local RV shop that i have used i n the past and I have confidence in their ability and integrity.
This afternoon when I stopped by they had some discouraging info that indicated this is a problem that will take several months to fix. The rollers on the slide roll along a metal plate as the slide moves. According to them the plates end before the slide is out, so the last 6-8 inches the rollers are forced over the rough surface of the floor! The motors are stressed and the banging is when the pinon gears are jumping the slots in the rack. They said it was a manufacturing defect and the rollers and roller plates and the in-wall slide motors and the racks on the slide all need to be replaced.
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Did they have an explanation for how the slide worked at all for some time when the motorhome was new?
I haven't seen one apart, but based on what you describe above, I would expect that unless the plate is extremely thin, that when the rollers drop off past the end of the plate (when extending the slide) that it would make some unusual sound that could not have gone unnoticed. More importantly, when retracting the slide, as soon as the rollers get to front edge of plate they would not want to climb back onto plate at all (unless rollers' diameter is much larger than plate thickness).
I would ask more questions trying to understand what is going on.
Please report back on what you find out. I personally have an issue committing to buy a motorhome with a slide for fear that things just like this could happen. It may not be a common failure, but when it happens to you it's a real pain; and one I prefer to avoid.
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