Bed slide out binding 2019 Vista 27PE

Bryon Carpender

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Today our 1st outing this year 2019 Winnebago vista 27pe series 1

When we extended the rear slide king bed noticed was straining? Looking outside appears is binding on one side top of the slide left side also tearing the gasket wondering how do I get to this and adjust ?

Getting out the manuals next figured post early in case someone has come across this before
BryonC
 

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Very little in either of the manual’s electrical mostly, one page shows the general setup and troubleshooting but very general nothing about the bending or about how to get the motor and gear rail mount
 

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Well, it looks like I may have jumped too soon on thinking they had gotten the new parts system worked out. Seems there are only limited functions working so far and electrical is not one of them on your RV!
So some guessing or questions may get it done but the hard way!
Sometimes there are different systems and ways that we need to use the slides. What I think you have on your RV has two small motors, one on each side of the slide where you see the gear like strip. It is normal for two motors to not match in speed exactly, so they build a bit of "slack" or "looseness" in the gear connection on the motor.
Is it possible that you do not hold the button just a couple seconds after the slide is all the way in or out? This can easily seem like a problem and we may avoid doing it as we don't want to force something?
But what can happen is the motor which works slightly faster, can get further and further ahead if we don't hold the switch for a bit after it appears the slide is fully out or in!
The design is such that we need to hold the switch letting the slower motor "catch up" using the slack/looseness built into the gear mounting on the motor.
Kind of flying on a guess but this looks like your slide has one side that has moved further and that makes the whole slide set at an angle.
One possible idea is to move the slide in and try holding the switch a bit at the end of the movement as a way to "reset" the system.
Maybe that fixes it?

But looking closer att the gear strip in your pictures, it seems some of those strips are bowing out from the slide side and that is not normal if I look at the others? Is that true or my eyes lying to me? If the strip is bowing out too far, that would seem to make it chew up the rubber gasket!
Mabe a combo of two issues? The motors not running totally together to stop at the same time and also the strip bowing out? Possibly not stiff enough or is it from excessive pressure from not running together?
 
Possibly not really sure I did notice a bit erratic like straining which made look at it outside

Yes that one top left as you face it or inboard top gear strip is bent outward a good inch plus
 
Put up a ladder and checked maybe I’m overthinking this the top left rear bed gear plate is bent out more then a hand depth but only a bit more then the other gear mount plates are either against the slides or less then a hand depth

So decided to lubricate the plates and gears I’m thinking maybe dry and maybe over extraction?

See photos before lubricant application sorry jad a little bit of an issue with one handed and holding gasket and. Photos
 

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