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New Bus At Jeff’s
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Cough it up Colt ole buddy, give me the good, bad and ugly… Well, at least the good. I thought you had 2 of these slide hickies? Is your’s Prevost or Valid?
I’ve asked Jon a ton of questions and he just makes crap up. Just today while at Casa Del Greasepit, Nance wanted a recipe that Di had, so ole grouchy says he’ll fire up the black and white printer that still uses liquid ink and make her a copy. I whip out the IPhone and snap it’s done. I then told him I would send him a copy, JPEG or PDF his choice. He was impressed, I could tell.
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Tom,
Congrats. I have Valids in my Marathon. Knock on wood no issues but a few suggestions I can toss out if you run with them in super cold weather you need to be aware of.
Congrats and glad you stayed with Team Marathon!
Bill
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My flip phone has slides……………..
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Tom, I have a Prevost slide. I have had intermittent issues with the pins engaging when the slide is retracted. No pin engagement, no parking brake release. Know which relay you need to pull to allow you to move the coach. I have never had to do that, but I know which relay to pull.
Pin engagement is improved with the coach being level. Marathon Florida lubed the pins and the holes, and that improved operation. If pins do not engage, press “slide in” button again…this usually prompts the pins to engage.
Obviously, be sure that the slide does not make contact with any object in the coach, whether moving the slide in or out. For example, I have a display case on the wall adjacent to the slide. Melissa failed to close the cabinet door, and the slide caught it on its way out. We had Lexan confetti in the coach, the slide mechanism, etc. Fortunately, only the door was damaged.
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Obviously Melissa does not read the forum, or Colt isn’t aware it is not wise to post of the mistakes of others, or worse, try to blame others for one’s own mistakes.
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Thanks Colt, Jeff has already adjusted the slide due to pins not being exact and lubed.
Melissa is innocent, you’re the captain.
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OK guys………….I let it go when Colt said it, but when Last Coach, No Slides Tom mentioned it again I have to comment.
Prevost does not recommend slide pin lubrication unless something has changed since I last read that. A dry lubricant might be acceptable but make certain that if any lubricant is used it will mask a certain binding, and when it is worn off the problem will still be there.
But if a lubricant other than dry lubricant is used it is going to collect dust, dirt, and grit and literally grind away at the pin and socket. If the pins are adjusted correctly no lubricant should ever be required.
In Colt’s case his pins may have been adjusted after his coach was loaded with all his stuff. That is good. In Tom’s case he likely still has a lot of weight of personal goods to load in the coach and that has the potential to affect the pin adjustment.
Fire away boys.
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OK, Although I agree that slide pin lubrication can mask and collect unwanted dust/dirt…I also know that I worked with the company that designed these slides and installed them for Prevost. The pin lubrication we do is within the dogs of the pins. As the pin goes into the coach it then pushes dogs/fingers out to give the rigid lock of the room. It is within this area that we lube and we use specific lube not any liquid type lube…The pins themselves should go in and out without any binding.
I remember when the slides came out and having to change the “pins” to a different degree angled pin….
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OK, Just so slide coach owners do not misinterpret, the lubrication that is not desired is anything relating to the pin and the socket in the slide room where the pin engages. We don’t want anyone greasing, oiling or putting anything on either the part of the pin that engages in the socket or the socket.
The way it was stated about lubing the pins I read that as relating to the sockets and want to be sure nobody does that.
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