[pairodice]

I noticed last night when I was removing the front (nearest the windshield) HWH Slide Pin block that it took some force to get the block out from behind the steel bracket that is welded to the frame of the slide room. The slide was NOT fully extended as the floor had not risen up all the way flat with the rest of the floor. The Aluminum HWH block was holding the entire weight of the upper part of the slide room. I have been reluctant to fully extend the room due to rear HWH Slide Pin block and steel bracket missing (while we are rewelding it). When I removed the block the slide room moved OUT about 1/4 inch (estimating). It was enough to scare me… so my questions are:
1) should I go ahead and extend the room all the way out before welding the lower steel bracket on? I figured I would pull the slide room IN some so I was not welding up against the slide seal rubber…
2) if so what would I need to cap off the high pressure hydraulic lines before attempting to do so (so I don’t soak down the interior of the coach with red fluid)? I have the hydraulic cylinder pressure relieved via the manifold T-handles. Maybe I can just engage one of hydraulic cylinders to slide it out the rest of the way?

I am going to re-measure the front bracket and make the rear bracket exactly the same dimensions today.