02-13-2014, 07:04 AM
If the pin socket is totally clear, the rubber bushings just push right in by hand. The lock pins are just a little smaller than the socket diameter. The bushings just quiet the rattle noise. The bushings are hollow. One end is flat, the top is champhered. Install flat end down.
My coach, #531-a late '99,where the slides stop are controlled by microswitches. On some coaches Newell installed magnets by the lock pin socket to tell the locks when to extend. My locks are deployed by the solenoids. Tom's coach, #608--a 2002, has the magnets. If I explained the magnet use wrong he can correct me. If your coach has small nickel size magnets glued to the top of your slides by the pin sockets, then your coach would be controlled like Tom's. If no magnets, then it should be like mine.
I thought a picture of the bushings might be worth a thousand words:
My coach, #531-a late '99,where the slides stop are controlled by microswitches. On some coaches Newell installed magnets by the lock pin socket to tell the locks when to extend. My locks are deployed by the solenoids. Tom's coach, #608--a 2002, has the magnets. If I explained the magnet use wrong he can correct me. If your coach has small nickel size magnets glued to the top of your slides by the pin sockets, then your coach would be controlled like Tom's. If no magnets, then it should be like mine.
I thought a picture of the bushings might be worth a thousand words:
Steve Bare
1999 Newell 2 slide #531