08-31-2023, 07:36 AM
No two Newells are alike. Yours may be different from mine.
However, the first time I tried to remove the front valence, I put myself through a whole bunch of tortuous work that was unnecessary. There are about 6 screw heads you can see that hold the pieces of the valence together. It is easy to think those are the screws that need to be removed to get the valence down. They are NOT. Look at the ends of the valence, about 18 inches in, for a bolt at each end. That bolt fits into a slot that is cut into the French cleat. It acts as a pinch bolt. If you loosen it, all that is holding the cleat on is friction. Push straight up. With enthusiasm.
When I pull the slides in this morning, I will try to get a pic to illustrate.
The red tape is a wide plastic tape I use to provide something between the male and female sections of the cleat. Mine squeaked like a mouse before I added the tape.
However, the first time I tried to remove the front valence, I put myself through a whole bunch of tortuous work that was unnecessary. There are about 6 screw heads you can see that hold the pieces of the valence together. It is easy to think those are the screws that need to be removed to get the valence down. They are NOT. Look at the ends of the valence, about 18 inches in, for a bolt at each end. That bolt fits into a slot that is cut into the French cleat. It acts as a pinch bolt. If you loosen it, all that is holding the cleat on is friction. Push straight up. With enthusiasm.
When I pull the slides in this morning, I will try to get a pic to illustrate.
The red tape is a wide plastic tape I use to provide something between the male and female sections of the cleat. Mine squeaked like a mouse before I added the tape.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
95 Newell, 390 Ex caretaker
99 Newell, 512 Ex caretaker
07 Prevost Marathon, 1025
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Inverness, FL (when we're home
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