2012 Itasca Meridian 42E Passenger Slide Floor Dip

[Owen Bridgeman]

Our passenger side slide out has a pronounced dip/space between the center floor and slide out floor. The slide out is also not level using a torpedo level. This was just serviced last summer before we bought it. Is this normal?

 

[P and D]

If I understand what you are saying, no that is not normal. Then full wall slide should be level to the tile main floor and not have any dips. Could it be the plastic that goes on edge of slide that holds the carpet up has failed?

 

[Eagle5]

Hi Owen,
Can you take photo(s) of the slide-out & non-level areas? Does the slide-out fully deploy and retract without problems? You may wish to contact a mobile RV tech for his evaluation.
Eagle5

 

[Owen Bridgeman]

Hi Owen,
Can you take photo(s) of the slide-out & non-level areas? Does the slide-out fully deploy and retract without problems? You may wish to contact a mobile RV tech for his evaluation.
Eagle5

 

[Owen Bridgeman]

Here are a couple of pictures. The plastic piece seems to be broken.

 

[Eagle5]

Thank you for taking the photos. You could try to find the plastic rail part number here:

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[klook]

That plastic trim piece is not supporting the floor. I could not make head or tails out of the pics but I could see tile and assume the black gap is the space between the floors. A slide out is an open ended box. When they are in, most of them should not have anything in them as they are an open ended box......it will sag. Some manufacturers even say dont step in them or sit in the seats in the in position. When out, they are supported by rollers or a plastic slippery bar that runs along the outside edge of the opening. Put it all the way out and tell me if its sagging.......

 

[Waterbug]

I don't understand your comment "when in, slideouts should have nothing in them". My full size slide out has 2 TVs, a washer/dryer, a fridge, stove and microwave. My bedroom slide out has a queen sized bed. My living room slide out has a sofa bed and recliner.

 

[klook]

An there are walls built to handle those loads, sometimes, as you go down the road. I have gone to new expensive units not a month old where the refrigerator has beat the floor out of the slide and tipped 2 inches to the middle. Your mileage may vary.

 

[klook]

I repeat, it is an open ended box many times. With very little to hold the middle of the box up when IN

 

[klook]

I have seen the bedroom slide, which was suspended 4 inches off the floor when IN, break the schwintec rails because they got on the bed when IN. It was a long lever that just destroyed the aluminum track

 

[klook]

And my slide out has some of those things also, but it is built with a steel rail on the inside and is aluminum framed. I still don't jump around in it when it's IN.

 

[lenore-WO]

Most slides have a resting foot built into the bottom opening to provide support while slide is in. Our Vita has this however some have experienced damage to the floor do to movement while going down the road. You can check to see if this is there by pulling rubber sweep up and look down the length of slide opening.

 

[klook]

No, most slides do not as this will scratch the floor. Some people had rollers, they damaged the floor, some people added rollers or skids, these damaged the floor. Depends on the durability of individual floors. I have seen stone and tile floors scratched. The best solution is nothing touches the finished floor and you don't load up the slide. That is harder to do as you must educate the public at large.