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Old 09-09-2012, 08:07 AM   #1
jeanied
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slide dragging across carpet

We have a 2004 36 ft Mobile Suite and our door side slide is dragging pretty bad across the carpet all of the way across the slide. What could cause that and how could we adjust it if that is what it is. It just seemed to start all of a sudden. Thanks for your advice.
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Old 09-10-2012, 09:57 AM   #2
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If your slide is like the one on our unit the carpet IS the roller mechanism for the slide. As it comes up from the depression the plastic floor under the slide slides across the carpeting. There are no support rollers under the slide, just teflon blocks at the edges. That is why there is carpeting under the slide areas. If there was only tile the slide would be scarring the flooring as it slid over it. The slide tends to gather dirt under the edge of the outside of the bottom where the slid drops down when extended. It gets in behind the rubber wiper seal. That dirt is then carried in by the bottom of the slide when you bring it in for travel.

Now there is another consideration as well. If you hear a ratcheting sound when you move the slide the slide mechanism rollers may have worn out dropping more weight on the frame of the trailer causing more drag. The bearings on the rollers can fail and the mechanism can also wear out the support for the rollers dropping the slide a bit. You'll have to cut the liner under the slide to find the rollers and see if that has happened. There has been a thread about how to find and fix that issue earlier. Maybe the person that did that can find it and post a link for you.
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