07-25-2017, 12:38 PM
a follow up to this topic. on my trip to alabama and back this year and the previous trip, the bedroom slide pins would only come in once in a while when the slide was in. sometimes i could move the coach and they would come in and then once in alabama, they stopped coming in entirely.
today i finally decided to see if i could figure it out. richard and i played with it in alabama, but we didnt get it figured out and i didnt want to take anything else apart on the road. in my shop i can use my scissors lift and do it in the shade and with ease.
i called and talked to mark and he gave me some ideas to try.
mine is a little unique because it has a indicator light panel for each of the two slides.
the one picture is with the slide out. all is good
the other picture is with the slide in. you can see that the slide pin locks are not shown as locked and the in upper front light is not lit. that means the sensor at the slide pin that is towards the front of the coach is not detecting the slide to be in so it stops both slide pins from coming down. mine is also a little unique in that there is a hall effect sensor on the side of the slide lock pin mechanism that detects the round rare earth magnet that is superglued to the top of the slide pin hole (see picture).
ends up that last time i had glued them just a little too far in towards the inside of the coach and i guess the slide itself has perhaps drooped just a tad as well from age and use and the two of them made it so when the microswitch down by the hydraulic ram said the slide was in, the control box then checks the slide pin sensor to make sure the top of the slide is in and it was saying no, so no slide pins going down.
when i had the slide in i could see the magnets were a little too far in towards the coach and about a quarter inch past the sensor. taking the magnets off and gluing them about a quarter inch more towards the outside of the slide was all it needed. worked first time and then a second time in a row and all indicator lights showed correct status.
tom
today i finally decided to see if i could figure it out. richard and i played with it in alabama, but we didnt get it figured out and i didnt want to take anything else apart on the road. in my shop i can use my scissors lift and do it in the shade and with ease.
i called and talked to mark and he gave me some ideas to try.
mine is a little unique because it has a indicator light panel for each of the two slides.
the one picture is with the slide out. all is good
the other picture is with the slide in. you can see that the slide pin locks are not shown as locked and the in upper front light is not lit. that means the sensor at the slide pin that is towards the front of the coach is not detecting the slide to be in so it stops both slide pins from coming down. mine is also a little unique in that there is a hall effect sensor on the side of the slide lock pin mechanism that detects the round rare earth magnet that is superglued to the top of the slide pin hole (see picture).
ends up that last time i had glued them just a little too far in towards the inside of the coach and i guess the slide itself has perhaps drooped just a tad as well from age and use and the two of them made it so when the microswitch down by the hydraulic ram said the slide was in, the control box then checks the slide pin sensor to make sure the top of the slide is in and it was saying no, so no slide pins going down.
when i had the slide in i could see the magnets were a little too far in towards the coach and about a quarter inch past the sensor. taking the magnets off and gluing them about a quarter inch more towards the outside of the slide was all it needed. worked first time and then a second time in a row and all indicator lights showed correct status.
tom
2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH