Dougie Brown
Well-known member
We have a 32ft Rexhall Rexair back in the UK which should have been sold by now, but which instead has been languishing at a (normally-reliable) RV repairers since January. The slider & rams are by HWH.
I replaced the motor after some intermittent problems culminating in having to manually winch the slider back in after the motor finally packed up. I noticed at that point, that it slid in a little unequally, i.e. the front went in faster than the back, and at an angle).
On closing the slide that night in the dark, I failed to notice it skewing badly, and it came to a halt with a bang. Despite several attempts the next day, it was obvious that it would neither go in nor out equally, so with some help, we finally managed to straight it & close it manually. I then drove it to the repairer, who talked to HWH & eventually diagnosed a faulty equalizer valve (I believe this to be correct given the procedures he went though). I meantime came back to the US & sent one back to him, and he fitted it a month or so later. He reported that it had solved the unequal sliding problem, but he could not get the slider closed by about 4 inches. See pics which were taken yesterday by a friend. Unfortunately, since the guy reported this to me over 2 months ago - and said he thought something had been bent in the process - he's been avoiding contact, which is extremely frustrating. That's another matter though.
Here are a couple of pics my friend took yesterday. Any comments or suggestions please? We're back in the UK in just over 2 weeks, and I really need this resolving in order to sell the coach.
Thanks,
Dougie.
I replaced the motor after some intermittent problems culminating in having to manually winch the slider back in after the motor finally packed up. I noticed at that point, that it slid in a little unequally, i.e. the front went in faster than the back, and at an angle).
On closing the slide that night in the dark, I failed to notice it skewing badly, and it came to a halt with a bang. Despite several attempts the next day, it was obvious that it would neither go in nor out equally, so with some help, we finally managed to straight it & close it manually. I then drove it to the repairer, who talked to HWH & eventually diagnosed a faulty equalizer valve (I believe this to be correct given the procedures he went though). I meantime came back to the US & sent one back to him, and he fitted it a month or so later. He reported that it had solved the unequal sliding problem, but he could not get the slider closed by about 4 inches. See pics which were taken yesterday by a friend. Unfortunately, since the guy reported this to me over 2 months ago - and said he thought something had been bent in the process - he's been avoiding contact, which is extremely frustrating. That's another matter though.
Here are a couple of pics my friend took yesterday. Any comments or suggestions please? We're back in the UK in just over 2 weeks, and I really need this resolving in order to sell the coach.
Thanks,
Dougie.