More Schwintech issues

[OldGoatToo]

Hello all. I have had a problem for several months now. I have two kitchen slides, both of them Schwintech. The left works fine, no issues at all. The right slide however, is another story.

Several months ago, I could not get the slide to extend. Once I figured out how to do it (override the controller and use the normal ext/ret switch) I was set. Eventually, I replaced the forward motor on the slide. I still have the issue. The new motor did nothing to help the problem. So every time I want to extend/retract the slide, I override the controller and the slide moves just fine using the the normal ext/ret switch. I swapped the two controllers to see if the issue would move with the controller, but it does not. I have pulled the motor twice and it seems to work just fine while out of the slide.

Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips for me?

 

[NavyLCDR]

Have you lubricated the gear rails?

 

[61Tele]

Have you measured the width of the rough opening top and bottom,(rack to rack) and checked square by measuring cross corners? If they did not install the racks to the correct tolerances or out of square it causes binding, binding causes the drives to go out of sync, the controller detects out of sync and stops motors.



Schwintek is a touchy system and as an added bounus it's made by LCI, purveyors of garbage. It needs to have been installed almost perfectly by the RV builder, a tall order the way they slap stuff together on the line. Also, the larger and heavier the slide the more problematic Schwintek will / can be.

 

[OldGoatToo]

Have you lubricated the gear rails?

Thanks for the reply shipmate! No, I haven't lubed anything yet. I will pick up some CRC in the next couple of days and do that...

 

[OldGoatToo]

Have you measured the width of the rough opening top and bottom,(rack to rack) and checked square by measuring cross corners? If they did not install the racks to the correct tolerances or out of square it causes binding, binding causes the drives to go out of sync, the controller detects out of sync and stops motors.



Schwintek is a touchy system and as an added bounus it's made by LCI, purveyors of garbage. It needs to have been installed almost perfectly by the RV builder, a tall order the way they slap stuff together on the line. Also, the larger and heavier the slide the more problematic Schwintek will / can be.

Thanks for your reply 61Tele: I have not measured anything yet. I will do that....I wonder if anything can be done if I find it is out of tolerance. I may be stuck overriding this slide the remainder of the time I own the rig...

 

[Camjr]

Is the control module blinking a sequence of red then green lights to tell you what the issue is?

 

[rracer5]

Is the control module blinking a sequence of red then green lights to tell you what the issue is?

This and if so, it will probably tell you there is a short. Since you say you've tested the motor and it works and providing ALL the wire solder is good then, I would suspect a short in the harness. The controller "communicates" with both motors to keep them in sync so that one side doesn't go in or out more than the other. By cycling the switch, it resets the controller temporarily so your not stranded with a stuck slide.