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Old 03-23-2019, 05:25 PM   #1
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Slide Outs SCREAM

Hi all!!!!
Been gone for awhile but back now!
Have a question about slide outs.
I have a Rockwood Ultralite 5th wheel with the large slide out on each side and the enclosed underbelly.
Sometimes do sometimes don't they SCREAM when moving in and out.
At my plant I would say I had a bad bearing somewhere from the noise.
Not consistent enough and the odds of a bad bearing on each side doesn't make sense. So, I have greased, lubed etc... the gears and what I call the gear racks they slide on.
Siliconed the outside where the slide seals are.
No difference.
Only thing that is left are the "pistons" on the slides. Can't find much info on them.
Think some white lithium grease would help?
BTW the slides don't drag or slowdown, just noise that makes me CRAZY!.
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Old 03-23-2019, 06:52 PM   #2
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Hi all!!!!
Been gone for awhile but back now!
Have a question about slide outs.
I have a Rockwood Ultralite 5th wheel with the large slide out on each side and the enclosed underbelly.
Sometimes do sometimes don't they SCREAM when moving in and out.
At my plant I would say I had a bad bearing somewhere from the noise.
Not consistent enough and the odds of a bad bearing on each side doesn't make sense. So, I have greased, lubed etc... the gears and what I call the gear racks they slide on.
Siliconed the outside where the slide seals are.
No difference.
Only thing that is left are the "pistons" on the slides. Can't find much info on them.
Think some white lithium grease would help?
BTW the slides don't drag or slowdown, just noise that makes me CRAZY!.
I thought my slide was making noise, but turned out to be the slide awning. A squirt of wd40 fixed it.
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Old 04-01-2019, 07:15 PM   #3
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My slide has a center rail and rollers on each side. It started making a large squeal and it turned out one of the side rollers had stopped turning. I reentered it and added some white grease to get it turning again. I added this to one of my spring prep steps.
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