Slideout Issue

[davidbrady]

Hi Chuck,

You can unbolt the awning arms from the slideout body and swing them up. I did this when I installed my slide seal. Only the leading arm is spring loaded and it's only a mild tension. When you unbolt this arm it'll want to naturally swing up to make contact with the goat rails. (keep your dental work out of the way)! Let it gently snug up against the rails. The trailing arm has no spring so you'll have to tie that one off against the goat rail.

I'm with you. I've never heard of or seen this problem before, other than Al's recent mention. I still can't see how the fabric tension of a fully extended awning can pull the aluminum trim away. But, I can see how the awning's aluminum casing slats can do it, and that can occur on either slide extension or retraction if the awning is first manually lowered to window shade position. In this case the awning casing slats will slope downward and as the slide body is articulated the slats may grind up against the slide body trim.

I think the trim is in four sections and it should be available from HWH. It can then be pre-painted and installed with screws and adhesive.

Sorry you're bumping into this Chuck. Where are you now? Any other issues cropping up? Do you still have that massive sway bar? What are your axle weights and tire pressures?