bpaikman
RVF Supporter
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2020
- Messages
- 914
- Location
- Lake Jackson, Texas
- RV Year
- 2014
- RV Make
- Newmar
- RV Model
- Ventana LE 3436
- RV Length
- 35 feet
- Chassis
- Freightliner
- Engine
- Cummins 340 hp
- TOW/TOAD
- 2013 Subaru Crosstrek - manual, flat tow
- Fulltimer
- No
When we were first considering the motorhome we bought, we had it inspected by an NRVIA inspector, who discovered this issue on the large slide ( loud sound while extending large slide) He put it on youtube here:
Large or 'full-wall' slides have two "drivers?" instead of just one, and they have to be 'in sync'. It was re-synchronized before we bought it, But they had to call in their retired "Diesel specialist" to come figure out how to do it. (Turns out later it doesn't need a diesel specialist but someone who can look at YouTube.)
We had a little problem with something (my bad - long boring story) got caught up above the slide, and the slide got unsynchronized again. We found a repair shop who had a person who could look at it right away. He knew it needed to be re-synchronized, and he knew how to do it but he didn't know where the controls were. I was able to dig up a manual to show him where they were. Then he got on YouTube and followed a how-to video. He was worth the small fee, because we learned where our controls were and how he did it.
I also learned how to set my MCD shades. And how to fix them when they got reversed. It looked like a somewhat similar process. I learned something every trip we take.
Large or 'full-wall' slides have two "drivers?" instead of just one, and they have to be 'in sync'. It was re-synchronized before we bought it, But they had to call in their retired "Diesel specialist" to come figure out how to do it. (Turns out later it doesn't need a diesel specialist but someone who can look at YouTube.)
We had a little problem with something (my bad - long boring story) got caught up above the slide, and the slide got unsynchronized again. We found a repair shop who had a person who could look at it right away. He knew it needed to be re-synchronized, and he knew how to do it but he didn't know where the controls were. I was able to dig up a manual to show him where they were. Then he got on YouTube and followed a how-to video. He was worth the small fee, because we learned where our controls were and how he did it.
I also learned how to set my MCD shades. And how to fix them when they got reversed. It looked like a somewhat similar process. I learned something every trip we take.
