[Richard]

It’s not an onerous task to retract the slide. The two time consuming steps are removal of the awning, just take the arms loose and lay them on the roof, and the removal of the hatch under the bed to access the limit switch. First time will take you three hours, the next time will take 30 minutes.

So I don’t know what your tolerance for tinkering with things vs buying new, but possibly unneeded parts would be. I know I didn’t answer your question, but only you know where you land on that issue.