Do NOT Get STUCK With Your RV Slide OUT!
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- What will you do when your RV slide out gets stuck? Learning how expand and close the slide manually. You'll avoid a stuck situation and get back on the road.
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What a great topic to address, I'm sure most people have had this problem if they have an older rig. I have never seen this addressed in a video and actually just read about "manual" slides about 5 min ago and was thinking they are probably not a bad idea as the more things you have where you only have to "push a button", the better chance you have of it breaking. (e.g. jacks, awnings, slides etc).
Thank you, thank you. Bought a Keystone Hideout and have been R V ing for about two years now. Never once thought about my slide-out not working for me. After watching your video I decided that I should do some research on my particular trailer slide-out. The owner's manual was basically worthless as it only told me to go to the manufacturer's web site (hard to do in an emergency and your stuck in the middle of nowhere with no wifi). After some effort I was finally able to figure everything out. I located the override, and then bought the tool needed to use on it (a 5/8th wrench). I am so glad that I practiced this at home instead of trying to figure out under less ideal circumstances. Thank you again.
+Mike McPeters That's great Mike. You are so welcome. No need to learn the hard way...like me.
We had a short in our slideout electrical. While driving down the road, it simply started to come out on it's own. Scary! We got it back in. At that point, pulled the fuse so it wouldn't happen again. I enjoyed this video. It helped for the future, and all with a little levity. Enjoyable!
Going to look at a 36' Montana 5th wheel tomorrow that the owner is selling cheap because he can't get one slide to close. This is my first stop on the 'how to fix it to get it home' train, and I appreciate the time you took to explain that. Wish you would have detailed the panel removal, but it was a big help all the same. Thanks!
Sorry I didn't show the panel removal. It is simply a plastic panel with 4 screws.
I haven't had a slide out problem yet but after watching your video I will take the time to learn how to service and operate the slide manually. I do carry a full set of tools with me at all times. One thing I have noticed about our RV is the lack of knowledgeable service for some of the systems. I have had problems with is the automatic retractable steps (Quick Steps). They alway retracted when I started the engine. Then one day they didn't and when I took it in for service, the shop couldn't fix it either. Now I have to be very careful to make sure they are retracted! I am considering installing a caution light to alert me if the steps are down when the engine is running.
+Dave Shill Hey Dave. My auto step is currently broken and won't go in everytime. It happened just before our last trip when I drove away with them out (not sure how) and they hit something and got bent. I thought I'd fixed it, but they were intermittent after that. I have them disconnected now and it's on my list of DIY repairs to do and make videos about.
My first suggestion is definitely to learn ahead of time… eventually you WILL have a problem and it’s usually a slide that’s stuck out not stuck in (meaning you’re not going anywhere until you figure it out)!
My second tip is avoid Schwintek slides… they seem to be the most problematic (I’m hoping to upgrade ours to the new Zoom slide system but it’s not cheap)
Have been looking for RV without slide out. Due to fear about getting it stuck out. After your video I feel comfortable purchasing RV with side .
Thank you
Ed Royster that's exactly the case with me! Looks like my search parameters just changed. Lol
I had the bedroom slide on my Sunseeer fail to retract this summer. Fortunately it was on a Saturday and my dealer was open. I called, talked to a technician and he told me where to find the motor (it was under the bed). Like you, I could operate it with a wrench and it came in easily. The dealer fixed it for me at no cost under my extended warranty. I have since located the slide mechanism on the living room slide just in case it ever fails.
+Greg Macklem Same with me. I had gotten familiar with my bedroom slide (also under my bed) but not my living room slide which was a mystery to me until now.
One of my two slides blew a fuse, I did not have a spare then. I simply closed the good one, then switched the fuse to the other. Always keep spare fuses on hand. I will check manual operation this spring for sure. Thanks for the video.
Check alignment and load on the slide out first! Hydraulics love to spring a leak, most will drop hydraulic fluid level on extension as the rod side volume is less than ram. So most also have more extension force than retraction, again remove all storage in the extension before moving regardless of the mechanism.
All motors are 12 volt brush type. Some are not too tolerant of heat and can shuck the winding to commutator pad when overheated. So if the slide is dragging, STOP and let it cool while looking for the reason it is hanging. Yes, voice of experience here..I have removed the feckless solder joints and used GTAW brazing to fix the motor. But all RV techs will just replace. How do you know if the motor has shucked windings to commutator? The fuse will blow. When windings fail, the motor will draw 3X or more current without turning. But when out in the middle of nowhere, I just happened to have my GTAW welder in my tow rig. Plus all the tools.
Yes, RTFM before you get caught (read the freaking manual). And practice. If hydraulic, grease the rod if stored with slide extended at least once a month. Most cylinders aren't hard chrome plated and have inferior external wipers on the rod packing gland. Just wipe the exposed rod down, then a good coat of grease once a month. Don't forget to wipe it down before retracting.
On rack and pinion systems, the same applies as rocks have a way of getting into the gears. Here, the best solution is motorcycle chain wax. Clean the rack and pinion with paint thinner and get all the grease off. Then spray down with the chain wax and let dry. It doesn't attract sand and rocks like grease yet still lubricates and preserves.
Very informative! Thanks for sharing your knowlege and experience here Keith.
Thanks so much, we just got our slide out fixed and now it won't work again so bummed, we will definitely take your advice and make sure to have the right tools on hand so we can manually open and close if needed.
My slide out has a manual override. If the electric motor fails I disengage the slide system, pop off the slide bolt cover and use the appropriate wrench. It takes very little time and effort and I have had to use it several times. Thanks for your video, I always enjoy your presentations
Thanks for sharing your experience Patrick. I didn't find any way to disengage mine, but simply turning the drive bolt with the wrench made it move in and out with no resistance. I haven't had any issue since, but I'm not worried about it anymore.
We recently had a similar problem. Our slide would not go out. The motor would try to move the slide, but then stop like it was already fully out. Like you, we panicked. After investigation of the slide motor mechanism,we found that a rug for the awning area, stored under the slide storage area, was wrapped up in the slide motor gears. I cleared the mess to free the slide motor, everything was working again. Lesson learned: don’t store item near the motor mechanisms that risks interfering with the slide operation.
3 days ago, in a torrential downpour (Orlando, Fl) area, the grand slide out (15 ft) of our 2018 Coleman 314BH decides to droop like and old dresser drawer and gets jammed. i had to literally hang my body weight onto the inside top edge of the slide with my wife working the switch to get it in. Un-freaking-believable.
My wife and I are preparing to go full time this year. As we compare all of the choices available to us, doing homework work to the "enth" degree we're going with Airstream and slide outs are one of the main reasons.
This makes me think I need to try mine in my driveway vs the campground - 20 min before checkout... Thanks for sharing!!!
+Kenneth Sievers But that's how lasting memories are made and experience is gained :)
Thanks for the heads up. We are getting ready to leave in a week and hadn't thought about the slides in this way. Guess what are manual is wrong also. defiantly better to find out now. Thanks again
On my particular RV the electric drive motor and main gear are located inside the black Coroplast underbelly liner. After doing some RUclips and Google research I found out where it (motor) should be located and sure enough when I put a slit in the Coroplast underbelly there was the motor and the external gear that allowed for manual retraction of the slide out. I made a 3 sided cutout in the Coroplast and tried manually turning the gear with a socket just to see if it worked, then sealed up the liner with some duck tape and labeled the outside facing liner with a note about direction of rotation to retract and the size (3/8 ") socket needed.
When I get ambitious I will purchase a flexible drive cable and attach a 3/8th socket to it for attachment to a drill, no need to rock a 3/8th wrench back and forth for a half hour to retract the slide.
Ron W.
+Ron Weiss Sounds like a better plan. It's too bad that you had to cut a hole just to access the motor. Now you know where it is though and you're prepared. Thanks for the comment.
Great job😊 I think it is a good idea to spend the money for a spare motor on hand if you are handy..and PERSISTENTLY PATIENT! 😊
Good idea. Those electric motors aren't expensive either.
Great video. Could you make a video showing from the outside how you found your motor and actually doing the preventative maintenance? Thanks again
Slide outs are all different. On mine there are two motors, right and left side of the slide. To manually retract the slide you have to remove both motors and push it in.
God points, living full time and moving all the time it would be a disaster if the slide got stuck. Tanks for a good video.
The first used RV we road tested when we decided to buy one, the slide would not retract. Scared the crap out of us newbie's! We walked away from that one. Since then I have learned a lot. We now have an older Dutch Star. The bedroom slide occasionally will not move. I've learned to carry an 1 1/2 wrench to tighten the cone joint. Not a big deal at all. BUT... once at a winter camp site, the main slide awning froze to the roof. What a nightmare! I have to get on the roof in 50 mph freezing wind and snow, while my wife boiled water and handed it up to me. We eventually got the slide unstuck. Then had to spend around $500 to have the now torn awning replaced.
Best tip ever is "be familiar with your RV".....
Thanks for the great tips! They are so appreciated by persons like myself who only recently bought an RV and are still learning. We have 3 slide outs, so glad you posted this! 👍🏼😊🌸
Glad to help!
Very helpful information for someone about to purchase a class c with a slide!
Man , you saved my day today …..😀
Thanks for the info . Precious for my problem .
Good video. Thanks for sharing! I don't have a slide-out, but my good buddy does. Gonna go over this with him, so he don't get stuck! Thanks again!!!
+MykeyB Thanks for the feedback! Way to look out for your good buddy!
We are looking at getting a new camper and we want the room a slide out allows, but had worries of this happening so thank you for this helpful and funny video, we now know we need to learn and practice practice practice!!
Thank you for showing us how. Guess that would be better than lining up the out side front of the slide next to a tree then steer the rv towards it...hehehe Those would be the same kind that come up with the quick slide deployment. You remove the gear set holding the slide still. Use door slide lock to keep the slide in place until you get ready to set up. Once on site slide the locks out of the way. Turn on gas stove for a few minutes. Use cigarette lighter to check for leaks...
Just happened to me. Slide went out in the back but not the front and got jammed. Wouldn't retract. Had to call CoachNet. They found a local mobile repair service and paid for the service call. It took him 2 hours to get it in with additional $240. My coach has three motors for my slide that is basically one whole side of the coach. He had to manually activate each motor to bring it in. He determined that one motor wasn't working. At least I got it in and I can now take it to the dealer and get it fixed under warranty. Pain in the ass.
That sounds like an ordeal. Glad you can get it fixed under warrantee. The motor replacements are probably not difficult now that you know which one is bad so you should be back up and running. Now you know if one failes, then the whole system fails.
This is such great advice. Part of RVing is going to beautiful remote places. That's not where you want to learn how to fix a slide or stabilizer jack etc. Thanks for the video.
Super helpful video.....trying to learn as much as I can on all topics so one day ...I can be prepared!
You made a nice video
Hi Tito I had my slide out maintenanced not that anything went wrong just thought it would be good to do. Although mine has the whole side comes out. That would be hard for me. But I just recently had the catalytic converter stolen and replaced , then someone tried stealing it next! Broken window, and had to get ignition replaced. Parked in storage with gates and cameras. Geeeze..
Yeah. Geeeze :(
Great advice
At no time do you have any suggestions on what the actual problem is. Or how to correct. Well done
We had our master bedroom slide, not want to close during our last trip. It houses our king size bed. We have a Sleep Number mattress that has to be raised up to close. After my husband had a total HISSY FIT, to put it nicely, we realized the bed was not completely raised. Crisis averted. We have taken the coach in twice to have the bed checked. They found loose connections in the remotes and switches.
+DWDinAtlanta Glad to hear that's all it was. There are a lot of moving parts in those slides which I bet causes things to come loose. That's what I found when I took a look at mine.
+RVwithTito Our sofa slide was acting funny when we first got our coach. Lots of popping when we slid it in or out. They found the plastic carpet protector, it's like sticky cling wrap that's on the carpet in new RV's, I guess it had peeled up when they slid in the slide. It got wound up in the mechanism and had even bent the bolts. Took 4 months to get the parts to fix that and at no charge to us. YAY!
+DWDinAtlanta Yeah. That's a major OOPS.
I don't own an RV yet but I'm a well prepared person, so I sub you and others because of that reason.
Thank you so much for the videos, I've been a long time sub and keep up the great work !
+SHAWN DE JESUS Thanks for being a great subscriber! When you do finally get an RV, you will know much much more than we did first starting out.
Steel rubber is a good friend of mine
In the still for the video you show you two pushing in on the slide from outside. I didn't see anything like this in the video.
When we had this exact problem while leaving a campground in Redwood City, CA, I just went outside and pushed while my wife held the button. After a little push it went in just fine. I have never had this issue except that one time. I use a dry slide lube about twice per year on the rails.
+David Daugherty You have a keen eye. Yes we tried pushing the button while pushing the slide but it didn't work for us at the time. Funny thing about the picture is that it was taken several years ago when my father in law, experiencing the same problem, needed help pushing in his slide. I took a break from pushing to take the picture. My son and father in law are in the pic. Thanks for the comment.
+David Daugherty Hi David,, what is the difference between the dry slide lube and the other kind I see.. should you use one or the other? thanks for your time.
+jcelizabeth the dry lube was suggested to me from irv2.com. I believe it was because it won't attract dirt and grime while heading down the road.
+David Daugherty Thank you kindly.
Come spring, I will learn how to manually retract all three before going camping. Thanks for sharing your experience with your unit.
+koslund11 Thanks! You'll be glad you did.
koslund11 🏄🌊
Always have a pre cut 4x4 post and a bottle or floor jack in case your slide out jumps the gears and becomes crooked or cocked. You will have to take the weight off it so it doesn't droop when you try to line up the slide mechanism to make it go back straight. I had to disengage the gear system with slide all the way out just to get the gears on both sides to line back up in the tracks.
Oh yeah, make sure not to park too close to the shore power box and extend your slide out without looking, or your slide out might jump tracks and become crooked after hitting the shore power box. LOL Luckily the guy next to me was well reversed and had a short 4x4 in his storage. Wasn't a hard fix but my first hour camping was spent making sure I could leave 2 days later.
Impact wrench with wobble head and extension would save you lots of time.
Tito, I have a 2007 Thor Dutchmen which is the same layout as yours. What type of slides do our motorhomes come with. My slide main slide is slow and will be trouble shooting it soon because if your a videos.
It's just an inexpensive electric motor and a gear. Nothing fancy like the newer slides. You'll need to crawl under and remove the plastic cover to check it out.
Thanks for the info, love the videos and you have a fan down here in Southern California.
Large windows resealed; floor in slide out replaced i sure hope that the slide out now can come in and out but do not know where the button is; and do all three work on one switch? Got this thing in NZ import
Excellent tip. Thanks !
I arrived home one day and neither the slide out or electric jack would work when hooked to power. After some initial panic the answer was a small reset switch where the trailer frame meets the camper. There was also a 30amp fuse there but it was fine.
The cause of many electrical issues often ends up to be a small inexpensive component. Finding it is the tough part. Thanks for sharing.
That's when you want to find the engineer/designer and punch them for putting the resets in bad locations. They do it all the time in cars.
Thanks Tito. Another good video. I understand that they usually fail when they are out. Wouldn't ya know mine goes out about three inches and stops. Just before it stops it cocks to one side. The bottom line is with it stuck in I can't get to the slide mechanism which is a Schwintek double rail. like you I usually try to fix everything myself before I have to take a loan out to afford to get it repaired by a RV shop. If they can get me in.
Great tip! Happened on my father's fifth wheel trailer once. We had a seal blow out on his pneumatic slide out ram. We got the slide out manually retracted, but then found it wouldn't stay retracted. Luckily he always carries ratcheting tie down straps with him and we were able to secure the slide out to the trailer to keep it closed while driving back home.
I didn't want a slide for another reason: When the slides are not deployed the interiors of many of the RV's are so cramped you cannot easily navigate the interior without turning sideways. Some even slide into the kitchen area blocking ranges, refrigerators, and microwaves/ovens. I do like the space when they are deployed but deploying slides at a Walmart seems to say, "Hey y'all, I'm camping. I'm sure people will disagree with me (happens a lot) but the non-slide designs tend to be roomier when you are traveling.
Agreed. That really needs to be taken into account when buying an rv. We do a lot of overnighting at places like Walmart, rest stops, etc and don't extend our slides. Luckily for us, everything is accessible with the slides in with the exception of a couple drawers in the bedroom.
+UnderdogFL My RV has a slide but when retracted I can still get through with no inconvenience. It is very important to evaluate the vehicle with the slide outs retracted. When parked at a Walmart, I don't need to use my slideout to be comfortable. Some motorhomes really try to maximize the gained space that they get from a slide out which creates challenges. Also different types of slide out extend further than others. On the lot most vehicles are displayed with everything extended to wow you. Good luck on your first RV.
(Check out "Triple E", made in Canada. Always good quality and styling which looks OK 10 years latter.)
Don't have a slide out on our RV but I may have one some day that does. I have heard stories. Good video thanks
How about showing some short and sweet details of how your slide-out manual retraction mechanism works since it was so quick and easy? That would be actually helpful to some people.
I watch the entire video and he didn’t even show it.
Good idea. I've read our owners manual, but if that isn't right then I'll be out of luck. We'll need to practice.
+RunningWithTheLyons Yes. Give it a go and you'll know for sure which will give you peace of mind especially when you're in the boonies.
I don't own an RV with Slide-outs but thank you so much Tito for always educating us on how to do things and raising the importance of proper maintenance that we can easily do. As always, great educational video. Thank you.
+Jorge Palencia Thanks Jorge. One (or two or three) less things for you to stress about I guess. I have a love/hate relationship with my slides. Mostly love.
+RVwithTito Getting our RV was a big upgrade from Tent camping for us so we felt we needed very little when we were looking for an RV. We ended up going for something small with minimal mechanical parts that could break down. I now sometime regret not getting something a little bit more roomy with slide outs. There is always pros and conds to all this. Thanks Tito.
Thank you for this video. I am having issues with a bump out on my 5th wheel and I feel better prepared to tackle it now. My wife and I plan to live in it while we build a house but it still needs to be movable in case of emergency. We plan to do semi annual practice departures to keep things manageable.
great advice. I do not have a slide. my question is " slide or not to slide ". is it really worth the hassle.
+christian bernoe slide yes
+christian bernoe The slides add so much versatility and space. So YES to the slides. But there are a lot of moving parts and they can be a pain to deal with. I think they are getting better though each year. If I could have two RVs my second one would be smaller, rugged 4x4ish and slide-less.
The appeal of a less cramped living space is strong indeed but I, like you, decided to avoid the extra 'stuff that can break' and weight of a slide(s) and stories like this one make me glad I did. I'm willing to forgo a little extra space when on the road in exchange for one less thing to worry about. Besides, there's plenty of space in the great outdoors. ;)
(If I ever go full-time I'll have to eat my words. RVs with opposing slides seem as spacious as sticks and bricks houses and feeling cramped won't cut it for 24/7 living.)
Yes, especially if you have opposing slides. Love them.
I have a Schwintek and my motors were out if sync. This makes the slide out crooked. Fortunately I had internet and was able to learn how to fix this. Now I keep notes on things like this in case of an emergency.
Great video..My trailers slide comes out about the width of yours (couch & kitchen). But, the slide motor is inside under the couch. So I'm going to assume there is a nut I can turn in the event it fails. Just got back from 110 days in Alaska, with many one night stays. So the slide got a lot of work. Being a 2013 tt, I'll spray silicon on the slide seals about every month or two. Also the gear rail under the slide.
Great info Brian... It happened to us in reverse ........ sorta......... We stopped at a rest area to get a quick lunch. I wanted to stow something under the bed. To do this I have to put the slideout out. No problem, I then lifted the bed stowed the item, right then management said lunch was ready. We were eating lunch and person with a puppy walked by, management is a sucker for puppies. We went out to talk the the folks, and afterwards management cleared the galley and off we went. We got down the interstate about two miles when I looked out the side mirror and noticed something strange. What is that? I sez to meself, OH Sh-t!!!!!!! it's the slideout sticking out. I forgot to slide it back in. For some reason the safety interlock did not warn me. I got off at the next exit being careful to give a wide berth to the curbside of our motor home. Fortunately I didn't hit anything.
We stop the motorhome and management goes back to slide it back in. Nothing, I can hear the solenoid clicking but the motor isn't turning. OOPS! again I go back to the driver's seat and shut the engine off, Still nothing, Manual I read something about this in the manual, where did I stow the manual. Crap under the bed. No problem, the bed was still out. I get the manual and I have to remove the plate under the bed. I read about the circuit and where the control board is, so before I disassemble the bed I look at the control board. There are a couple of thermal overload breakers on it and one feels on the warm side. I grab a screwdriver, all the time management is giving me the eye. I said to meself oh go for it and give it one more try. Pretty as you please the slide goes in, I push the button again the slide goes out. I try to start it with the slide out and nothing happens but an alarm. All is well in Mudville. I suspect that somehow the thermal breaker got hot and when it cooled down went back to work. We have had no problems since. I did put another alarm audio beeper, that will go off if your start the engine with the slide out.
Perhaps, get into the habit of walking around the trailer BEFORE you leave...haha
one slide worked, second slide stopped working, of course it was out. Find the circuit board for the rv. There will be a plug in wire for the main and a second for the br (in my case). Unplug and reverse the wires. The cranky slide now worked fine, put the wires back and close the other slide. When you get home, replace the circuit board - you have a bad relay.
We have had to manually move our Tip out in when batteries was dead. But our kids stayed in the camper for couple weeks, and went to move Tip out back in , had to do or try manually again, it will not turn either way now. It's like it's locked. What do we do?
I've been doing my homework on deciding on a slide out of not I've decided against that for that exact reason don't you think they should make a manual crank on the outside Especially for solo travelers
That happened to us in a state park when the electrical system failed on our RV. A nightmare. We called an RV repair guy who told us how to manually do it. lots of panic.
+Richard2003 Panic is right and a crappy way to ruin a nice camping trip. Driving home with your slide out is just not an option :/
Correct, get to know you slide electrical and mechanical components and location. Best practices is to actually go through a manual retract exercise do it once you will remember it for life. If you can't get it in - you can't get it home!😀
Our upper slide in bedroom stopped coming inside. Thankfully the motor has a door access. The electric gear ,a wheel of teeth 1 tooth broke. We call manuf,they UPS a new gear and gear replaced. . This all occurred while camped in Natl park, Blue Mesa cg. We stayed couple 3 days extra ,,all went well. We ordered 1 extra gear just incase needed.. there apparently no manual way to bring in slide. In 17years new replacement gear held good.
Thank for you Video. It made me take a look at what I have. My question is what do you do when the slide out is all the way out. Remove the torque tube? Then how do you keep it from sliding out while traveling?
Do you spray onto the slide out seals?
Good points as always Brian! We don't have an RV (yet) but I always wondered about what kind of issues you might run into with the slideouts. Have you ever had any problems with them leaking, or are there any maintenance tips you might have to keep them from leaking? Thanks for all the great videos!
+A Davis We have not had any leaking issues. We have slide toppers on ours (the little awning on top). If you don't have those, rain water could pool up and leak in. This is why you need to inspect the seals on the slide and keep them in good shape.
We discovered (the hard way) if your slide is partly extended it can an will leak a LOT! Big gaps. Either all the way open or all the way closed.
Wow, we just had this happen to us. We were on are way to Sacramento, Ca. We stopped at a rest stop along I-5 from home. Stopped for lunch and to make things easy for my wife to be able to get to the frig, I slide the full wall slideout out. After lunch I went to put the Slide be in and only the front half of the slide came in. So I then stopped it and tried to put the slide be out and I would not move. I tried again to move the slide in or out and nothing. So after a few choice words, I call Coach Net.com They were able to walk me through step by step and I was able be get the slide back in. We have a 2015 Winnebago, Journey and this happened 2 months after the 1 year warranty had expired.... Got it to a repair shop and they found the Electric Motor bracket had broken. Luck for us, We had purchased an extended warranty with Good Sam and they covered %80 of the $2700 bill....
+Rudy Hernandez Wow Rudy. Good thing Coach Net and Good Sam came through for you. I haven't had to use my Coach Net yet, but I'm glad to hear that they were able to help you out in a pinch. Your slide out should last forever now though right? :)
Let's hope so. Thanks again.
What does Coach Net and Good Sam do ? I've seen the Sam sticker since I was a child but never knew what it was 😔
I don't own an RV yet but I want to be prepared... Thx 👍🏽
Shawn Good Sam provides an extended warranty for my Motorhome for for a price... I've used them a few times for different coach's. They have always paid at least %80 of the bill... And Coach.Net is a emergency repair company that can find you n9 mater where you are... as long as you can call them via cell .. they will get you back on the road , fixed or at least to a repair shop.. again for a price... We do this for peace of mind. a lot of things can brake in a motorhome. .. I hope this helps. ..+SHAWN DE JESUS
Good Video and Great Idea. I've got some researching to do now to figure mine out :)
Since there was no power could a fuse be the cause?
It ended up to be a loose electrical connection on the motor. I redid the connector and it's been fine ever since.
The first time using the wideout on my second season 3rd trip. The motor sounded bogged down not the usual hum towards the end I heard a cracking sound like wood. I looked everywhere and didn't see anything??? Any ideas?
Rear slide? Check the storage under the bed. There has to be clearance on the sides and other areas for some hardware to move. If possible open it up with the slide in.
@@RVwithTito thank you, just checked.. Nothing in my storage is disturbed. Unit is a 2022 Jayco Melbourne 24l, so to hear that was shocking. Any other areas to check?
@@Lisaamyshook I got nothing. Do you have someone who can listen and watch while you pull in the slides.
i have a 5th wheel but can tell if it a hydraulic one or not and if it is how full the tank should be
thank you sir .we just got a new TV and we are so stressed out with the stairs .😥😥😥😥 they don't work well
Lucky you don't have a Schwintek which involves a trip to a dealer after you get it closed.
Yeah. I always wished I had one, until I heard everyone having trouble with theirs.
Slideouts will rattle on the road too as your RV is getting older, and mosquitoes and ladybugs can get in through slideouts crevasses.
Tell me about it. So true.
I have a Jayco 4212 Toyhauler and I am having troubles with my living room slideout. It had dropped down not in line with the bottom . What would be the best way to get it back to it normal position to fix?
Great information Tito! Thanks or sharing.
This was very helpful
+Linda S Great. Thanks so much for the feedback Linda.
Thanks Tito
great help saw another video, where baby powder is used have you ever tried that?
Yes. Our friends The RVGEEKS put that video out years ago and I do use baby powder on the seals.
My trailer is parked on my lot for good. I want to know how to build a cover over it so it is permanent for all types of weather winter and summer
Good advice.
Great video. Just happened to me. I’m trying to figure it out.
have 27 ft coachmen with front room slide out, tech came out when it was stuck out and no power to bring in. He used a jumper cable off of his truck battery , positive cable to black negative cable on circuit board under the trailer and it worked to bring in. Have new battery and I pushed the inside button two weeks later .. nothing !! 2006 ...could it be inside power button.. never buy another one with slide out.. just more to deal with..
Some RV companies instruct you to bring the slide in when it is plugged into power as the battery may not be strong enough to move the slide if it is not level or there is another reason for resistance. Also, my Flagstaff Super Lite has fuses outside underneath near the front where the batteries are, and those 30 amp fuses are the ones that govern the slides. Had to replace those a few times.
SLIDE WILL NOT GO OUT BUT WILL COME IN. 2007 Winnabgo Aspect
My hartland NT23RBS has a motor/ cable system.
Thank you, Tito for sharing this important video tips.
Avoid them if you can - one plus(space) and lots of potential problems that WILL occur 🤔
RV SLIDE OUTS AN ADDED PAIN EVERY TRIP, the wives always love the extra space, but are not prepared for all the added cost, seals leak, bugs n water get in, slides fail and bind, I had sell my motorhome due to constant slide issues, many used units are for sale due to constant slide issues
Do you disconnect the wires to the slide motor before you retracted it with your wrench?
No. There's no power going to it until you hit the switch.
Who else is watching this because their slide out is crapping out on them
first thing i did today
Sussed out how to get the sucker in , I bet the day it stops it will be raining buckets and i will be parked on MUD ! Thanks TITO ,
Lol. I hope not but that's the way it goes at times isn't it?
Mine didn't work and the manual broke. It was so aweful.
Thanks guys! Got a cameo 2000 so, i will practise lol for sure.
Sounds like a good plan.
Good info but do you need 2:50 to get to the subject??
great tips!
does anyone know were the solenoid or ram located for 2003 Journey DL living room slideout is at
Question: What was the cause of no power at the switch/switches? I have two slideouts on a 2014 Keystone Sprinter KBS-300 that have always worked fine. Went to retract for the winter and no power. I inspected fuses, and even changed both breakers by the battery box. Still nothing. Just curious what you found and what the remedy was.
+Tony Suits It turned out to be loose wiring connections at the slideout motor. I recrimped and tightened everything down to fix it. It has been working fine ever since.
Yours looks much easier than a schwintek.
Schwinteks are junk.
This is pretty descriptive