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Old 11-11-2011, 09:37 PM   #1
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Slide Out Motor Gone

I have a 31' Designer Series. The motor for large living room slide quit working. A repair person removed the motor three months ago. Before leaving, he manually opened the slide. Next week I will taking a trip. Can someone tell me how manually retract the slide-out, and then open it up again. Any ideas on where I can find a motor?
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Old 11-12-2011, 10:08 AM   #2
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HI I dont have a motor home but do have a slide out... most motors have a spot at the end where you can put a ratchet in to manually move the slideout.
It is a slow process but can be done... HOWEVER when you are in there check all the connections and make sure they are tight... I had a ground failure on mine last year... re-pinched the connecter and all was good...
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Old 11-12-2011, 10:24 AM   #3
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What year is your rig? I listed a similar problem months ago; my particular unit could not be manually closed due to a frozen clutch. Check you owners manual - my type listed a 9v battery is used to manually disengage the clutch to close it (but like I just stated - this did not work for me)
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Slide Out Motor Gone

Our 31' Designer is a 2005. Thanks for your input...will check it out.
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Old 11-12-2011, 01:39 PM   #5
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Old 11-12-2011, 01:50 PM   #6
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Old 11-14-2011, 02:06 PM   #7
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Greetings Waynebo... I have a 2011 JayCo 365BHS and the slide motor on my living room slide is also shot. Luckily it's under warranty, so it's in the shop now getting a new (hopefully NOT Chinese built - evidently, there are a ***LOT*** of Chinese slide motors that JayCo is replacing under warranty!) motor. What the Camping World (Colorado Springs) mechanic said was that the slide was installed SLIGHTLY "off-kilter" so the struggling slide motor failed and the "shear pin" was worn out. Needless to say, I don't think there's any way to MANUALLY open/close the slide - it's pretty big and pretty heavy (I did have to "help" mine open/close the last couple of trips of our season). Good luck!
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Old 11-14-2011, 02:28 PM   #8
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The slide motor on my large living room slide has been weak since day one, but recently it has started tripping the relay when bringing the slide in. It has never done this when putting it out. My dealer has a new motor for it under warranty and it will be installed sometime this winter. I am on my winter home base site so I'm in no hurry. The service manager did tell me Jayco has had a lot of problems with the large slide motors and the replacements are heavier duty. I hope he is right and not just blowing smoke.
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Ed, search my posts concerning this topic (I included pictures too). And yes, the new motor appears better built. I'm calling BS on the "off kilter" theory; the OEM is a piece of garbage from China...
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Ed, search my posts concerning this topic (I included pictures too). And yes, the new motor appears better built. I'm calling BS on the "off kilter" theory; the OEM is a piece of garbage from China...
Is the one you now have the new OEM? I have not looked at mine but they work fine. How can you identify the potentially bad ones?
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While we will never reach the numbers of the auto industry. What does it take to get a recall on something? It's not a saftey issue which most are but with "all" these motors wearing out it's proabaly only going to keep going. If it's a known problem it should be addressed regardless of warranty. I'd be curiuos to see if the motors in question are all the same model, from the same supplier which is where the pressure should be put by Jayco. Or is it a simple design flaw with an underrated motor being applied to these monster slides?
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I remember reading your motor issues Steve. My dealer has the new motor and has agreed to come to my home base to install it, 30 miles. I will be here until spring so I'm in no hurry to push them. They have been super.
I haven't had any problems with my other two slides, just the larger one on the left side.
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Just go my 2011 321RLTS back from camping world (Colorado Springs). They said they had to re-time it and replace the motor. After reading the entire internet, there have been several people with the same problem. I believe the motors are just junk(timing had nothing to do with it). One thing I found out, after manually putting the slide back in, using the 9 volt battery method, that the brake on the motor doesn't always re-engage. Yep, it slid out on me making a turn. Luckily it was only about 10 inches. My suggestion, if you have to put it in manually, use straps to ensure it stays put.
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The old ones have a white sticker that clearly indicates "Made in China".
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The slide motor on our bedroom slide is bad. It will be replaced on the 28th of this month. Both large slide motors struggle when bringing the large slides in.
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The old ones have a white sticker that clearly indicates "Made in China".
And the new ones are made in ???
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I hope all of this shakes out before my warranty is up. I have 11 months left on my two years and then 3 more extended. I am glad the extended was offered as a factory promo when I purchased my 5'er.
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And the new ones are made in ???
I can't locate my notes (I'm in an area with limited Internet), but, I believe the replacement motors came from a US company.
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This post has a picture of the OEM and replacement slide motors.
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Unhappy Slide Out Motor on Large Slide

We have a 2011 Pinnacle RETS that we bought in July. We had trouble getting the large slide in on the last two trips. We haven't gotten it back to the shop yet to see what the problem is but judging from the other posts I have read I fear the motor is bad. It extends fine but takes some manipulating to get it back in. We are afraid to extend it now for fear that we might not get it to retract. I love the fifth wheel and floor plan but am very disappointed to have these kind of problems this soon.

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