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[m1noel]

Hi all. I've been very happy with our Aria for the last 4 years and have had very few issues with it since the initial list. But, I had recently noticed our living room slide (not the full wall) started making some groaning noises. I could not find anything rubbing on the sides, which is what it sounded like. I finally started seeing wear on the rear upper slide tracks. When I got up on the ladder is was immediately obvious why. The upper tracks were not parallel. Schwintek specifies within 1/8". The upper tracks were well over 1/2" out of alignment. I took all of the screws out of the tracks and lined them up and now the slide runs in and out pretty smoothly and quiet, but on closer inspection, the damage has already been done. The V-rollers are in bad shape. On is cracked completely through and on the other, the nylon part is completely gone and now running on the wheel itself.

I found and ordered a Schwintek slide out track rebuild kit. $385 on Amazon. It will be here this weekend and am hoping to install it myself in the next couple of weeks. Schwintek has a pretty good video on u-tube that makes it look pretty easy, or at least doable.

When looking into this a little more, and after I had ordered the kit, I found the Vroom slide out system. As I new Judge was currently having issues keeping his motor from torqueing out of place, I sent him the link and am hoping he is the first on this forum to test it for us. I am thinking that I will have my 2 large slides done in the spring. I inquired about just ordering the parts for a DYI install, but have not yet had a response. It seems to me though that a trip to Tucson for lasting peace of mind will be worth it as we do love this motorhome and wish to keep it for a good while yet.

I will try to document the install of the rebuild kit and post my results.

Mike