Slide out gearbox stripped!
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Slide out gearbox stripped!
We are leaving for a 5 day trip in 32 hours...............Have a Lippert single actauator slide that went out and when the clutch should have engaged it just went "wheee" and freewheeled. I pulled the coroplast down and pulled the motor off. Motor was loose on gearbox, and I'm assuming the walking around is what tore it up. Took the gearbox off and apart, plastic gear is trashed. I'm hoping one of 3 rv dealers near my work will have one, motor, doesn't look like Lippert will sell the gear of course. Didn't get it apart til 9pm, so too late to NDA one.
The real question...........if I can't get a motor tomorrow, will the slide stay in during travel with the stripped gear? I can still operate it manually with the hand crank if I put the motor back in from what I can see. Anybody know? Or can I just ratchet strap it in? I'm not cancelling the trip over this!
The real question...........if I can't get a motor tomorrow, will the slide stay in during travel with the stripped gear? I can still operate it manually with the hand crank if I put the motor back in from what I can see. Anybody know? Or can I just ratchet strap it in? I'm not cancelling the trip over this!
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We are leaving for a 5 day trip in 32 hours...............Have a Lippert single actauator slide that went out and when the clutch should have engaged it just went "wheee" and freewheeled. I pulled the coroplast down and pulled the motor off. Motor was loose on gearbox, and I'm assuming the walking around is what tore it up. Took the gearbox off and apart, plastic gear is trashed. I'm hoping one of 3 rv dealers near my work will have one, motor, doesn't look like Lippert will sell the gear of course. Didn't get it apart til 9pm, so too late to NDA one.
The real question...........if I can't get a motor tomorrow, will the slide stay in during travel with the stripped gear? I can still operate it manually with the hand crank if I put the motor back in from what I can see. Anybody know? Or can I just ratchet strap it in? I'm not cancelling the trip over this!
The real question...........if I can't get a motor tomorrow, will the slide stay in during travel with the stripped gear? I can still operate it manually with the hand crank if I put the motor back in from what I can see. Anybody know? Or can I just ratchet strap it in? I'm not cancelling the trip over this!
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I do believe you will be fine. Put the motor back in as suggested and try.
BTW etrailer.com is a motor parts supplier for Lippert and will have what you need. give them your info over the phone and see if they can over night it.
BTW etrailer.com is a motor parts supplier for Lippert and will have what you need. give them your info over the phone and see if they can over night it.
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I had the same problem. The gear stripped just before a trip and had to hand crank the slideout at each of our stops. I didn't have an issue with the slideout during traveling. You can get the gears only through lippert, or on ebay.
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Found one locally and got it installed Thursday night. Saved the trouble of fooling with it again, but wasn't cheap. Oh well, we are camping and the slide works again. If lippert will sell a gear I'd consider fixing it, but we only plan on keeping this trailer until the end of this year. So it may be a waste to bother.
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