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Slide out Adjustment

Post by robertz675 on 10/25/2010, 2:47 am

I notice that when my slide out is extended there is about a 1" gap between the seal and the wall at the top. The bottom is tight against the wall. How do I adjust it?

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Re: Slide out Adjustment

Post by ScottandGrace on 10/25/2010, 3:43 am

I don't think you can. Mine does the same thing and I found that if you adjust it for that clearance, it then sits too low when its retracted. Every adj seems to be a compromise.

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Re: Slide out Adjustment

Post by Scruffy and Tater on 10/25/2010, 8:41 am

Ours did that. I think it was tight at the bottom, but had a good size gap at the top... with the gap at the side getting wider from bottom to top. This was at one end of the slide only - near the back. This is when we found the Lippert manuals on-line. Scruffy found the solution and made an adjustment underneath. We noticed it in Holbrook, AZ, and it's been a couple years since we've been over that way... it's been fine ever since. It doesn't sit too low.

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Re: Slide out Adjustment

Post by oldelmer1 on 10/25/2010, 1:24 pm

Tater,

Must be something about Holbrook, that is where I noticed we had the same problem, big gap at the top.

Bob, here is the instructions on how to adjust, starting at the bottom of page 7:

http://www.eaa1358.com/Passport/Slideout/Lippert%20Slideouts/Hydraulic%20Slideout-Web.pdf

Use a white marker to mark the starting point first, that way, if what you do doesn't help, you can put it back where it was.

Its easy to do, just do a little adjusting at a time, then move the slide in and out a few times to see what happened.

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Re: Slide out Adjustment

Post by Scruffy and Tater on 10/25/2010, 3:16 pm

If you don't have a white marker, use White-out, chalk, or a dry sliver of soap. Anything that will leave a mark long enough to refer to if needed.


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Re: Slide out Adjustment

Post by Portagie1968 on 10/26/2010, 5:05 am

I have a junk yard pen. Works great.

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