My rv control panel not showing sliders8/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Since the RV was being worked on, we couldn’t get lunch inside our RV. ![]() Plus we were hungry and needed to get some food while the oil change was being done. Allowing the mechanic to drive the RV would free up some time so we could investigate places to spend the night. Henderson’sĪn excuse associated with this oil change stop and my poor headwork was that we didn’t know where we were going to spend the night. Here is a link to that story the part about letting the mechanic drive my RV is in the middle of a long story about my batteries. I guess I let down my usual vigilance because, during our previous repair, I also let the mechanics drive the RV because they were far more qualified than I was to diagnose the issues. Anyway, I let the mechanic drive the RV into and back out of the shop without my supervision. While there I had a failure in headwork (some people call it a cramp in their brain). The switch for the rear slide is wired to drive the motor directly.Īnyway, we went to a diesel engine shop in Idaho Falls to get the engine oil and fuel filters changed. ![]() The rear slide doesn’t have a controller. Power Gear RV slide controller for the front slide is located in the driver’s side forward compartment. When I fix my RV slideout problem I will edit this story about what failed and how we fixed it so as not to leave you guessing. I have some great stories and places to share. I will jump back to stories about our travels northbound through Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho. This story brings you up to our current position in Helena Montana where we are real-time troubleshooting our RV slideout failures. Yes, I know the last story in my blog was about the Titan Missile Museum in Tucson. It may or may not be related but our problem started with or at least was first identified after an oil change in Idaho Falls. These slideout room extensions make RV living very comfortable. An extra five feet between the walls makes our living area great. When both of these slides are retracted the distance between the walls is eight feet. The distance between the walls is almost thirteen feet. This makes our living area floor space about eight feet wide. When both slides are extended, one slide extends to the driver’s side, and opposite to that slide we have a slide that extends to the passenger side. In our living room (and in our bedroom) we have what I call opposing slides. The slide worked fine but the cover didn’t properly move and if we continued to move the slide it would have pinched the cover and it would have been damaged. The other failure was that one of our interior covers was sticky and not working correctly. This failure was fixed by replacing the broken bolt. A bolt broke and one of our slideouts would retract on one side but would not retract on the other side. Until now, we have only had only two issues with our RV slideouts. What is wrong? What failed? Why did two RV slideouts fail at the same time? How are the two broken RV slideouts related? What caused the failure? Previous RV slideout issues We can still drive, but when we are stopped the issue is constantly on my mind. I still have the problem, and I don’t know how to fix it. ![]() Or at least I know how to fix whatever is broken. Usually, when I write about something technical, I have a solution. As you can see from the above picture now our RV is cramped with the RV slideouts broken. This is what the inside of our living room normally looks like. Maybe someone has a solution or an idea of where I might look for a solution. Writing this post is helping to vent my frustration and organize my troubleshooting thoughts. This failure is totally consuming all my brain power and I am not thinking about anything else. So far our RV slideouts have been broken for almost four days. We are way more cramped than we want to be. The diagnosis is near the end of the story. The original story continues after this paragraph. It isn’t fixed correctly yet but I am going to replace some parts (and I know what parts to replace). We figured it out just before sunset last night. Part of testing the results was to extend our slides. Via the numerous suggestions, I found the problem and can make the repair. I even had a phone call from a friend in Australia who is both a mechanical and electrical engineer. Thank you for all your responses, here in the comments, on Facebook, and via email. I love it (except for the last four days). As a quick reference to anyone who might have an idea about a solution, we have a 2008 Tiffin Bus on a Tiffin Power Glide Chassis. As I write this, two of our RV slideouts won’t move. ![]()
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