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Front slide will not go out
I’ve had a leak in the front slide seal and desided to try a repair, got the patch on e dry thing worked fine.
pushed the seal back in place worked the slide in and out all ok. Moved on to another project and returned a little later an the slide will go out about 6 inches and stops. I have a communications light flashing red on the controller in the ac bay on both the front and rear slide but have no idea what that means. I can return the slide in with out a problem but it pops like its in a bind. The rear slide works great. -
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no answer for the slide , but can someone help me with understanding what happens to the inner tube seal when you try to slide in or out?
does the inner tube deflate before the slide starts to move or will it remain inflated ?
it appears that my slide will work just fine if the inner tube is totally deflated but stops after moving about 6″ both in or out. -
sorry the slide stops after moving about 6″ if the inner tube is still inflated
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Greg,
Your coach like mine could fall one way or another regarding if it is a “pinless” slide or not.
I will tell you how I would deal with your issue on my coach, but just so you are clear on this do not believe a word I am telling you without verify it because I will bear no responsibility if your locking pins fire at the wrong time and do $40,000 worth of damage.
In the bay with the slide controls if you have the locking pin slides (your slide room will have pockets in the side outside panels into which the pins slide when the room is in) there will be a pneumatic control assembly. To the top and left of that will be a red knob that when turned 90 degrees deflates the slide seals. If you attempt to move the slide without deflating the slide seal the seal will be damaged.
Next to that is a valve assembly and the two of the valves control the slide room pins. On the face of the valves there will be some letters to denote what the valves control. Identify the valve for the slide room pins that correspond to the slide you want to move. I am not telling you which one because I want you to know for sure which one is the correct one and you need to either pull up the service manual for your VIN or talk to a Prevost representative to insure you are doing this right. (Did I mention how expensive it gets if you have the pins misfire or you tear up a slide seal?)
When you identify the correct pin actuating valve there is a white slotted button on the front. When you turn that button the pins will retract and they cannot accidently fire or engage.
With the seal deflated, and the pins retracted if your vintage coach is like mine you have a pendant in the bay that has switches on it. That pendant allows you to press the appropriate button and manually operate the slide room motor to move the slide in or out.
If you do not have the pendant, you can access the rear of the slide gear motor and using a socket over the hex shaft sticking out you can turn the motor by hand (a slow process, but it works) to move the slide in or out.
It is not difficult to do as I described and if you do it right you have complete control. But if you do it wrong I think I mentioned how bad things might go.
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