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Originally Posted by JamieGeek
It is also possible that the Schwintek system was advertised for uses it isn't capable of, or that Thor attempted to use it beyond its design recommendations.
I can't believe its used on those full wall slides given what I see in it on our tiny little one couch slide on our Axis.
Our old 5th wheel's couch+dinette slide had a pretty beefy worm gear setup under the coach to move it.
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From a mechanical engineering point of view, the Schwintek system "concept" for controlling slide-room motion is brilliant; but unfortunately I also see some significant deficiencies that are too difficult to describe here. As they say, the devil is in the details.
Full wall Schwintek slides I believe are not limited to Thor, so others are probably experiencing problems as well.
I'm just glad I prefer smaller and simpler coaches, so slides (of any size) are a very low priority.