Passenger rear slide out, stuck out!

[dickschaak]

Originally Posted by La-Z-Boy

I have located and disconnected the motor from the slide shafts.
I went ahead and put power to the motor just to check and it still will not turn. Paul is checking on a new motor and gear assembly for me.
First pic is of the assembly as it is mounted in the ceiling of the wheel well.
Other pics are after I disconnected the shafts

Jeff,
Thanks for the pictures. I hope I never have to make use of them. When you get all rested up, it would be nice to know what you had to do to get to picture #1.

[La-Z-Boy]

Originally Posted by dickschaak

Jeff,
Thanks for the pictures. I hope I never have to make use of them. When you get all rested up, it would be nice to know what you had to do to get to picture #1.

Well, to start off with I used the rear jacks to give me the maximum clearance between the top of the tire and the wheel well. (Some of us, that have to hold our breath to tie our shoes, need a little extra space... nuff said.)
I basically laid both arms over the top of the tire, and with a shop light, it wasn't too bad.

In the innermost half of the well ceiling, there is a metal furr-down, that covers the motor. (Bout 16X10)
4 hex-head sheet metal screws are on the outermost edge. (Closest to you)easily removed with a cordless drill and proper nut driver.
The metal cover had some kind of "NASA approved" adhesive that was tough stuff, but a hammer and a cold chisel made pretty short work of it.
Once the front lip and about half of the two sides were free, I just pried the now metal flap downward and moved it enough out of the way to let me work. I did not fully remove this cover as not to disturb too much of its integrity.
Most of the work was done by feel, as space is limited. (I did not pull off the tag tire but I really don't think that would be to big of a deal since the jacks will lift it for removal)
The pictures actually were blind shots taken with my phone so I would know what I was feeling up there. Another task that was tough but could have been worse, was knocking the pins out (blindly). Pretty stubborn but as I said, would have been worse if they had stopped in a position that wouldn't allow accessibility. Mine were in a straight up and down position so driving them up wasn't to bad. With the pins removed, there is a square tube collar that slides sideways off of the motor shaft on each side.

Once I freed the slide shafts from the motor, the slide was easy to move in and out.

Other than getting very dirty, I'm pretty proud of myself. Although my dad always told me that I could "tear up an anvil in a sand pit!"
(He also never traveled without his hammer and cold chisel)

[dickschaak]

Jeff,
That was an amazing accomplishment. You have moved into first place in the All World category of do it yourselfers. I don't know how you figure that stuff out. Thanks for the info.

[becks]

I have had to do the same surgery on one of mine, but was fortunate that it was not through the wheel well. That through the well was indeed harder. Job well done Jeff.