Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #175 – March 07, 2014, 06:45:33 pm Quote from: Jim Frerichs – March 07, 2014, 05:25:50 pmBrad...no rest for the weary and no good deed goes unpunished. Besides that...life isn't necessarily fair.JimExactly! Good old Joe has already responded to me that I should do the isolation test, likely because I told him that both the front and rear lower had moved in. He suspects the valve this time. I have already borrowed the Isolation kit from my buddy Dave and will be testing {again} this weekend. At least this time I do have a replacement, a rebuilt valve, at hand! (Also thanks to Dave.) Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #176 – March 07, 2014, 09:08:23 pm Non-encouraging words to say the least. Just for questions sake - why not replace the solenoid valve and see what happens as opposed to doing the isolation test again? Probably getting into mine on Sunday. Expect a call....... Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #177 – March 07, 2014, 09:14:24 pm Quote from: Carol & Scott – March 07, 2014, 09:08:23 pmNon-encouraging words to say the least. Just for questions sake - why not replace the solenoid valve and see what happens as opposed to doing the isolation test again? Probably getting into mine on Sunday. Expect a call....... Isolation test doesn't take that much time, and much easier to me to KNOW for sure that is the problem. This solenoid was just replaced in June, but I don't know what kind of stress having a bad cylinder puts on the valve itself. Something I'll ask Joe if it does turn out to be the valve. I do suspect he is right tho, as it is a more even creep this time, not just mostly at the rear corner like when the cylinder was leaking internally. Oh, and I should be around Sunday. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #178 – March 08, 2014, 10:00:02 am Quote from: Brad & Christine Slaughter – March 07, 2014, 04:37:06 pmHere's some non-encouraging words. I had the slide out last time for about a week, and thought I noticed a slight creep in. So I brought it in for a day, then put it back out yesterday. Today, there was a creep noticeable on both ends. So I may be back to square one. I sent an email to Joe asking if I should re-test with the isolation kit (my friend Dave kept his for just such ocassion), or go straight to the caps test to see whether the rebuilt cylinder is faulty. ARGHHHHH!!!!At least the header is rebuilt and easier to take down now, and I know the process.Time to sip some of that wine you picked up on your last visit to Walmart! Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #179 – March 08, 2014, 01:42:42 pm The isolation kit is back in and we await its results. Still too early in the day for that wine. I posted on an old thread that I needed to clean out the purge valve and maybe if I get responses there, I'll do that while I wait. I even microwaved the desicant while I was fooling around there. Must be a mixture as I got some blue and some stayed white. In any case, after a total of about 4-1/2 minutes in the microwave, it has to be drier than it was (here in AZ...LOL). But the purge valve wants to stay open today. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #180 – March 08, 2014, 04:55:00 pm After 3 hours, there is no reading on the pressure gauge, nor is there any creeping in. I'm going to leave the gauge connected for at least a day and see if maybe the recent little creep was just some strange fluke. I have to admit to a little hyper-sensitivity on the issue.If no reading and no more creeping, I think I'd blame a fleck of contaminant in the solenoid valve unless Joe tells me otherwise. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #181 – March 08, 2014, 10:31:57 pm Brad - Hmmmph - good news? Gearing up to do my cylinder tomorrow??? Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #182 – March 08, 2014, 10:36:42 pm Quote from: Carol & Scott – March 08, 2014, 10:31:57 pmBrad - Hmmmph - good news? Gearing up to do my cylinder tomorrow???Still no movement of the slide or the gauge. Hopefully I'll find the same tomorrow AM and I'll take the kit off and send Joe a note. Fingers crossed. Have fun tomorrow. I think I missed John passing thru town. I got a few words on a garbled message that he was at a Chevron station, but by the time I got there, he was gone. I'll be around tomorrow...hopefully for you to call and tell me all went easy and well! Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #183 – March 09, 2014, 06:20:54 pm Rear lower cylinder replaced. Success. No slide creep for 2 hours now. Usually we would be hearing some popping from the friction between the bladder and the slide as it was creeping in within the first 20 to 30 mins. and we would have to deflate and inflate the bladder so it wouldn't tear. No more slide creep. The hardest part was pulling out the dinette seats and replacing the bolts. Only called Brad S. a couple of times regarding what he did and what I was doing. As usual he was available and was most helpful and reassuring. His instructions are great. Of course I had to call him a third time to advise that the operation was successful and the patient would live to see another day.This process is just another indicator how important and helpful the FoFum members are. Thanks again to you all because without your assistance/input we would surely be in trouble and a have spent a bunch of $$$$ in sometimes needless repairs.You guys and gals ROCK. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #184 – March 09, 2014, 06:43:12 pm Glad to hear the patient lived, Scott! Congratulations on the successful operation! I took the Isolation Kit back off of my slide this morning after 24 hours and there was still ZERO pressure indication on the gauge...telling me the solenoid valve is ok and nothing leaked past it. The slide remained solidly out with no creeping...telling me that the cylinders are ok, as they didn't move at all (like before).I am going to verify with Joe Portelli as to what he thinks, but it would seem to me that perhaps some tiny particle might have been in the solenoid valve needle. I think I am still just overly sensitive as the creep wasn't really all that much. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #185 – March 09, 2014, 10:27:06 pm Brad - thanx again for your help. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #186 – March 11, 2014, 07:12:02 pm Positive news. The slide has been out for another day and no creeping in. Here is Joe's response from HWH:"Yes it is certainly possible a flake of some sort might have gotten between the pin and seat and allowed the valve to leak a little, and when you ran the system it flushed it out. At this point if it is not creeping back in I am going to say we are ok. Hopefully that was a one shot deal and now that the debris is back in the tank it will not bother you again. Keep me posted on what is going on with it."I continue to praise HWH and Joe for staying with me on the issue. You can see by his language that Joe still takes some ownership of MY problem by saying "WE are ok" and wanting to be kept aware if it happens again. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #187 – March 11, 2014, 07:21:22 pm Great news. HWH seems to be an outstanding company. I seem to hear nothing but good things about their support of their products. Quote Selected
Re: Large slide moves in. Reply #188 – March 11, 2014, 08:03:08 pm Brad - Glad to hear it. Ours has not crept a bit. Quote Selected
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