Slideout Issue --- 2007 Itasca Suncruiser 38

[gregarican]

So I have a 2007 Itasca Suncruiser 38T, purchased in 2022. When getting ready to take it out for the last hurrah for the season, I found the bedroom slideout extended just fine. But the living room slideout...not so much. I can hear the slideout motor running when I try to extend. I held down the Unlock switch for 7-10 seconds, retry and still no luck. I doubt it has anything to do with the battery, alternator, generator, etc. as one slideout works while the other does not.

Pulling out the voluminous manuals, I tried replacing a few associated fuses. Although I'm not sure if the slideout motor is running that would be the issue. I saw instructions as to manually retracting the slideout, but nothing to do with "unsticking" the slideout to extend it a bit. I did loosen both hydraulic solenoid nuts a few turns and then try to turn each of the two retaction bolts counterclockwise just a little bit to see if that would loosen things up. Still no luck.

I did notice the retraction bolt closest to the driver has some wiggle to it. The bolt isn't loose, but the whole assembly has some play to it. The retraciion bolt closest to the rear of the coach does not have that play to it.

Any other suggestions before I schedule a likely costly service appointment?

 

[gregarican]

I did see this reference --> https://hwhcorp.com/ml23521.pdf. Around Page 6. Trying to dig into that, although this project might be over my head a bit.

 

[creativepart]

One consideration, it might be the slide lock. Those have been problematic. So if you can get up high enough to check it and see if it’s really unlocking. Only one of my slides has a lock and after reading too many stories of failing locks I actually quit using mine.

Of course it could be something else but you might want to look at that, as well.

 

[gregarican]

Thanks for the tip! Now just have to figure out where on Earth the slideout lock is for the living room. Will start poking around to see. Appreciate it!

 

[creativepart]

Here’s a previous post on this topic that might help:

https://www.winnieowners.com/forums/f259/slideout-lock-11991.html#post472512

 

[gregarican]

Found the electric motor for the locking mechanism up in an overhead cabinet in the dining area. Took the cover off. Now trying to see if there is some way to manually disengage the lock, since perhaps it’s failed and stuck in the locked position.

 

[gregarican]

Here is what I see up above the dining table. If this control the slideout lock I’m wondering if I can just do something to disengage it, if the slideout is stuck in the locked position?

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[7997redtail]

Just a thought

Id read somewhere that you lubricate what you can see with silicon lube. Re slides.

But I had a problem with our rear slide and ended up going under the bed, removing the plywood then cleaning the worm drive. Once I did that I relubricated the heard. Worked great.

Not saying this is your problem but they do gum up.

 

[Morich]

If the motor doesn't seem to try to move, I might first jump to power being the problem.
We get some info on the 12VDC that moves this thing here:

Winnebago stamps small wires with ID like this:

If you spot an ID on the drawing as I marked or on a wire, we can "decode" that info to get the "from" and "to" locations of the ends and that can lead to finding the battery and ground supply we need to check.
https://www.winnebago.com/Files/Files/Winnebago/Resources/Diagram/electrical_guide.pdf

If the latch motor is not moving, a suspect point might be the small micro switches that control it as shown here??
For emergency moving, it might be possible to do a temp bypass of a switch if that is found?