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Slide "Shims"

We had our slide bladder seal replaced earlier this year at FOT.  Amazing improvement in drawing-down the bladder and moving the slide easily.

That said, when you look at the slide from outside, it is off center diagonally. Rather than the slide being an equal distance from the coach body — looking at the opening in the coach body — all the way around, it is tight at the bottom front and VERY tight at the top rear.

We're in Oregon.  Adjusting is not something Susan & I are capable of, or equipped to do.  We're headed to Oregon Motorcoach in October.  Is this a relatively straightforward problem — or will this prove to be something Foretravel-specific that we shouldn't ask them to look at?

With thanks, as always, for the deep experience and graciousness of this Forum.
The selected media item is not currently available.Richard & Susan Peck
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1999 40' U320 "Bob Patrick"
(2000 4010 U320 WTFE Floor Plan, Single Slide)
Build #5567  |  MC #17522

Re: Slide "Shims"

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Oregon Motorcoach can get you going if you don't find a fix before here on the forum

Good you have an appointment, they are VERY busy

Tim Fiedler

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Re: Slide "Shims"

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Richard, with the slide extended and supported from undermeath to take the weight of the slide (they use a hydraulic lift table) the slide mechanisms can be detached from the slide at the bottom outer end.  Two small bolts as I recall.  Removing a shim (approximately 3/8"x1"x1/8" thick) raises that end of the slide and changed the fit.  That's right, remove to raise. Adding a shim lowers the slide. Kieth R at MOT did mine, two shims to adjust the front end of the slide up about 1/8"+.  In and out several times to make sure and it was done, maybe an hour.  Save the shims.

This applies to the 2001 slide mechanism which I understand was the same as the '99 and '00 coaches slides.

Roger
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: Slide "Shims"

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Quote from: LookingWest –
We had our slide bladder seal replaced earlier this year at FOT.  Amazing improvement in drawing-down the bladder and moving the slide easily.

That said, when you look at the slide from outside, it is off center diagonally. Rather than the slide being an equal distance from the coach body — looking at the opening in the coach body — all the way around, it is tight at the bottom front and VERY tight at the top rear.

We're in Oregon.  Adjusting is not something Susan & I are capable of, or equipped to do.  We're headed to Oregon Motorcoach in October.  Is this a relatively straightforward problem — or will this prove to be something Foretravel-specific that we shouldn't ask them to look at?

With thanks, as always, for the deep experience and graciousness of this Forum.


Let us know how your appointment there goes. I need to replace bedroom slide bladder there in the next couple of months.
Dan - Full timing since 2009
2003 U320 40' Tag 2 slide
 

Re: Slide "Shims"

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Quote from: AC7880 –
Let us know how your appointment there goes. I need to replace bedroom slide bladder there in the next couple of months.
Dan,

Will do.  I'll put a note on my calendar.  As noted earlier, we had our living room slide bladder replaced at FOT earlier this summer.  Pleased with their work, but I also understand that for any of us spending most of our time on the west coast, Nacogdoches is not a short drive.

More after we've visited.  My initial impression, after driving down in our toad just to meet the Oregon Motorcoach team, was very favorable.
The selected media item is not currently available.Richard & Susan Peck
____________________
1999 40' U320 "Bob Patrick"
(2000 4010 U320 WTFE Floor Plan, Single Slide)
Build #5567  |  MC #17522