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vacuum pump for slide airbags
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I just returned from the Mother Ship, I had a problem with the bottom of the seal rolling up and out. They first tried to shim the glide strip with 3 .010 shims on each side. This helped, but where the seal had been twisted it seemed to have raised spots. We decided to try the pump. Sorry but I didn't take any pictures, but Tracy had a picture that they had taken on an earlier installation. It was placed under the bed in the hole where you adjust the slide. There are lines for air and 12V. A word of warning, when the light comes on to tell you the room is ready to move, it's really not ready, you need to wait a couple of minutes to be sure it's had time to flatten the seal. So far it's working great. As a footnote to this post I learned a very good trick in replacing the seals when they roll up and come out, it's much easier than the stick and windex or baby powder method after jacking the bottom of the slide up. I don't know what the unit numbers are covered, but I think it's the ones that use the HWH system. OK it's back under the bed again. Remove the cover where you can make the adjustment for the slides where you can make it stop at the correct place so it's smooth for travel. There is a bolt about 3 inches long that is the adjustment for the amount of travel, If your slide is nice and smooth on the outside, DO NOT ADJUST THE BOLT, remove the screws from the base. Now you must be careful because there is no stop, but you can bring the room in about an inch or so and this is enough room to glue the seal back or place it back in the groove. Someone had repaired mine with some glue that cured out to be very hard, this made it very hard to remove so it would fit back into the groove. Again I'm sorry I didn't think to take pictures.

Bob & Peg Standeford
1999 Newell #516 Series 60 DD 2 Slides
2004 Saturn Wagon
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vacuum pump for slide airbags - by encantotom - 04-07-2013, 07:23 PM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by rheavn - 04-07-2013, 07:33 PM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by tuga - 04-08-2013, 05:43 AM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by rheavn - 04-08-2013, 07:58 AM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by Chester Stone - 04-08-2013, 08:27 AM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by rheavn - 04-08-2013, 09:02 AM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by afrench - 04-08-2013, 09:45 AM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by bikestuff - 04-08-2013, 09:54 AM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by folivier - 04-08-2013, 05:55 PM
RE: vacuum pump for slide airbags - by Bob Standeford - 06-05-2013, 08:26 AM

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