Slide Swipes

[dalford]

I remembe seeing a thread for a mod to the slides to ensure the rubber seals around the edge get fully extended or retracted. It was a strip of something down the slide side. Can someone direct me to that thread? Thx...dalford

[OldCoot]

I added narrow alum strips to the seals on our wardrobe slide because they were coming loose due to the factory adhesive failing.

[dalford]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

I added narrow alum strips to the seals on our wardrobe slide because they were coming loose due to the factory adhesive failing.

Thx OC but I remember seeing a pic on a large slide with a strip of something down the middle. It's purpose was to force the rubber seals to fully extend or retract. When I put my slide out the rubber around the sides sometimes does not fully flap out. I don't know if that makes sense.. OP

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by dalford

Thx OC but I remember seeing a pic on a large slide with a strip of something down the middle. It's purpose was to force the rubber seals to fully extend or retract. When I put my slide out the rubber around the sides sometimes does not fully flap out. I don't know if that makes sense.. OP

Could do the same on long slides with alum edge strips from Lowes/HD.

[WFD]

Dalford...I recall seeing that thread and the poster mentioned they had just used strips of car body moulding purchased from a auto parts store and it had a self adhesive that he just stuck on his slides roughly in the middle of the slide.
Last week we were in a park and the people next next to us had that exact same thing...I should have asked him if he was the original poster!

[dalford]

Originally Posted by WFD

Dalford...I recall seeing that thread and the poster mentioned they had just used strips of car body moulding purchased from a auto parts store and it had a self adhesive that he just stuck on his slides roughly in the middle of the slide.
Last week we were in a park and the people next next to us had that exact same thing...I should have asked him if he was the original poster!

WFD, that's what I'm talking about. After doing a little research what I'm trying to do is get the "wiper" part of the rubber seal around the slide to wipe all the way out when I extend my slide. Sometime it does and sometimes it doesn't. Thx.. OP

[WFD]

Dalford...same thing happens with ours. I don't think it would take much to cause the seal to flip in either direction, just something for it to catch. Probably would want to install a couple of them in middle of slide, a couple feet apart.

I do the maintenance thing on the rubber seal, spray them with Aerospace 303. I think it's been happening ever since I waxed the trailer including the slideouts so now the rubber seals just slide on the waxy surface.

[grumpy0374]

That was my original post on 4/22/16, Slide Seal Flap Flappers, under this section of the forum.
Hope this helps...can't figure out how to link the thread to here.
Grumpy

[Bama Rambler]

The windows in our slide helps flip our seals one way or the other, but this is a good idea if you don't have windows.

Here's the link. Slide Seal Flap Flappers

[WFD]

Thanks for replying Grumpy....found it....I had forgotten that you actually ordered through Amazon.
As Bama Rambler says on the sides where we have a window the window causes it to flip, but the sides that are windowless I sometimes have an issue with it not flipping.

[grumpy0374]

Reason I got them on Amazon was the lengths available were longer/cheaper than auto stores, and I wanted black, where most auto stores have the chrome.
Grumpy

[jeff64]

I remember the post you refer too. What the gentleman used was a strip of self adhesive body side molding (black) it was about 1/2-3/4" wide and 1/4" in height that he got at Amazon. I think it's still on my amazon ( to do) shopping list! It would flip the seal one way or the other depending which way the slide was going. Seems like a solid idea.
Cowles T3402C Black European Body Molding
4.6 out of 5 stars (11)
$23.94

[OldCoot]

If I were going to do this on all 3 sides of a slide, I would put the trim on a slight angle to lessen the force on the adhesive. Might not look as nice, but it would stay glued to the slide longer.

[grumpy0374]

OLD COOT, trust me...if put on correctly that trim won't come off. The 3-M strips on the trim is the same stuff auto makers use to attach a lot of there trim pieces... Look at any 20-25 year old car out there with side trim strips. Still attached, still strong. Takes damn near a high temp heat gun and a chisel to get em off.
Trick is to get the surface absoultely squeaky clean, and after the trim is applied to let it set up for an hour or two.
Grumpy

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by grumpy0374

OLD COOT, trust me...if put on correctly that trim won't come off. The 3-M strips on the trim is the same stuff auto makers use to attach a lot of there trim pieces... Look at any 20-25 year old car out there with side trim strips. Still attached, still strong. Takes damn near a high temp heat gun and a chisel to get em off.
Trick is to get the surface absoultely squeaky clean, and after the trim is applied to let it set up for an hour or two.
Grumpy

Don't disagree, but putting it on a slight angle would also reduce the effort required to deploy/stow the slide. Slide mechanisms don't need any extra effort to work, they're borderline strong enough as is.

[dalford]

Originally Posted by grumpy0374

That was my original post on 4/22/16, Slide Seal Flap Flappers, under this section of the forum.
Hope this helps...can't figure out how to link the thread to here.
Grumpy

Thanks grumpy and bama rambler! OP