dufferDave
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We bought a 2003 Fleetwood Jamboree GT (if that means anything to anybody) and we (I) are reworking much of the interior. I have replaced 90% of the floor, and while crawling around on hands and knees I noticed that one of the slide-out attach bolts seems a bit loose.
These bolts are set in pairs. The front pair is spread apart a few inches but is centered over the front slide-out actuator (I crawled under the chassis a few feet and looked). The front bolt of this pair is tight and I was able to get a socket on the nut (underneath) and another socket on the bolt head (on the slide-out floor) and check it. The second bolt of this pair is loose enough to turn when I put a wrench on the bolt head. Snug but not tight.
This second bolt is easy enough to reach from the top, but the nut underneath has me stumped. I cannot even get a direct visual on the nut because it is behind so much other framework under the slide-out. I can touch the nut but I have not figured out how to get a socket or any other tool on it. I would really like to get this bolt as snug as the first, but how do I do that?
Any advice is appreciated, including "take it to a shop where they know what they're doing"
(The other two attach bolts are located over the rear slide-out actuator, which I cannot see or reach at all. Beats me how they ever got it installed at the factory, but they are both good and tight so I am not gonna worry about them.)
These bolts are set in pairs. The front pair is spread apart a few inches but is centered over the front slide-out actuator (I crawled under the chassis a few feet and looked). The front bolt of this pair is tight and I was able to get a socket on the nut (underneath) and another socket on the bolt head (on the slide-out floor) and check it. The second bolt of this pair is loose enough to turn when I put a wrench on the bolt head. Snug but not tight.
This second bolt is easy enough to reach from the top, but the nut underneath has me stumped. I cannot even get a direct visual on the nut because it is behind so much other framework under the slide-out. I can touch the nut but I have not figured out how to get a socket or any other tool on it. I would really like to get this bolt as snug as the first, but how do I do that?
Any advice is appreciated, including "take it to a shop where they know what they're doing"
(The other two attach bolts are located over the rear slide-out actuator, which I cannot see or reach at all. Beats me how they ever got it installed at the factory, but they are both good and tight so I am not gonna worry about them.)
