I just purchased a 2016 Georgetown GT3 31B3 the bottom of the slide does not close flush the top does. the bottom is out about an Inch or so. One repair shop said that is normal however I have never seen a RV slide not not flush all the way around when retracted.
Is this normal for this RV or is there an adjustment for it?
I am told it is a Schwintek but I have not seen paper work to verify this. they just told me by listening to it. The top is fully compressed the bottom is not compressed 50%
I am told it is a Schwintek but I have not seen paper work to verify this. they just told me by listening to it. The top is fully compressed the bottom is not compressed 50%
We had a Schwintek slide system on the bedroom of a previous RV. It had a motor on each side so when one motor went out, one side would start sliding in and the other side was stationary. If your bottom slide is moving at all - I'd guess that the motor is still good, but just out of "sync". I remember when they installed the new motor on ours, they had to go through a process to "sync" them.
There is not much information out their about a Schwintek slide that has a top bottom alignment problem. This is NOT a synchronization problem, that cures a side to side type of alignment problem but not a top to bottom problem.
The top and bottom alignment is not suppose to happen in normal operation LOL. There is a shaft between the upper and lower gears that is suppose to not allow this type of problem.
In order to fix this type problem if it was me I would do the following. I would look at the videos about how to disconnect the motors on each side of the slide. Then I would disconnect the motors on each side of the slide. If you push the slide in with the motors disconnected you will not be able to reengage the motors from the outside. Meaning that you would have to remove the trim on both sides of the slide to be able to reach the motor. I would suggest cutting a 2x4 to about a foot long and use it for a top and bottom guide. Then manually move the slide into the proper top-bottom allignment. After the top-bottom allignment is correct reengage the motor. You will have to do this on both sides. When both motors are reengaged put the screw that holds it in position back into the slide. This will take some fiddling around to be able to reengage the motor in the new position. Good luck as this will be a lot of work to accomplish and you may need a helper.
Good write up but I don't think removing the motor will help. The vertical shaft will keep the lower part from moving because the gearing will still be engaged. This sounds like the typical Schwintek problem where the gearing "jumped".
I was not aware that Georgetown ever used a Schwintek but I have not seen many of the older ones. The later ones use the SlimRack mechanism.
There really is no way to tell by the motor sound. The only thing I would be able to tell is whether it's an electric slide or a hydraulic slide, and both Schwintek and SlimRack are electric.
The SlimRack uses a flexible square "rod" at the top and bottom of each slide side. There are gear-type teeth on one side of the square piece.
The silver pic is Schwintek and the black one is SlimRack.
First, photos online of the GT3 look like there are guides on the sides of the slide, not gear rails, it does not look like Schwintek. I believe, but I am not sure, that the top-to-bottom alignment of that type slide system may be accomplished by adjusting the tension on the side guides.
If it were Schwintek, the procedure in post #6 will not work because the upper and lower gears are connected by a shaft. In order to correct top-to-bottom alignment on a Schwintek you must extend the slide room, and jack it. Remove the screws holding the H-Columns in the wall of the RV and break the sealant. Disconnect the motor harness and attach a jumper with a 12v drill battery to the motor so that the H-Column moves itself along the gear track and comes out of the wall.
Then you can get to the gears and set the vertical alignment so the H-Column is vertical on the slide racks. Reverse the jumper wires and allow the H-Column to move itself back into the wall. Adjust the jack supporting the slide room so that you get a good fit of the H-Column in the wall. Re-install all the screws, apply new sealant, reconnect the motor.
Easy-peasy. If you have a crew of about 4 RV technicians working on it.
It does not look like you have a Schwintek type slide in your unit. The picture on the top of post 7 is what a Schwintek type rail would look like on the sides of the slide. There would be two on each side top and bottom.
Post 7 may be correct that only removing the motors may not work. But with the motor loose you may be able to lift up the top gear thus allowing the proper fit into the side gear track. If this does not work you would have to access the entire side of the slide from the inside, and remove the trim and slide the seal down and off of the slide one side at a time. You do not need to remove the gear tracks from the side of the slides to fix this problem. You may have the classic gear jumped type problem or a repair was performed poorly. With the trim off and the seal lowered you will be able to reposition the gear on the top by lifting it up and dropping it into the correct position when the slide is all the way in. This will only work if it of course a Schwintek type slide.
I cannot find a name brand on the slide but I tried the sync procedure with no joy I did take picture of the controller and the slide gears I thought I got a picture of it in the closed position and for some reason I did not get it must not have pushed the click button.
Fixed it by removing the motors manually aligning the slide and reattached the motors quite the process but it closes now. Thanks for the input from everyone.
Thanks for the update. I'm surprised that worked since the top rack and the bottom rack pinion gears are coupled together by a shaft. Did pushing the bottom in result in more compression of the seal at the top?
A little less but mostly even compression all around now. It was a pain to get and hopefully I don't cause issues for me down the road. I also lossened the shaft.almost dismantled everything.
