Dinette Table Difficult to Lift and Lock in Place

[LouLacher]

Love our 2018 34pa. Only 1 real complaint. My wife has always had a problem lifting the dinette table and locking it in place. If you can reach all the way to the back to lift -- it comes up not too hard but then holding it high while trying to reach the front lock is a bit difficult. So this is usually my task as we put the table down for a traveling platform for our 2 large dogs. I have oiled all the possible places to make the table lift easier but it is still difficult. Since this is a standard design Tiffin has used for years, has anyone developed a third party option that can help. We like the dinette because it provides a safe location for the dogs while traveling. I can connect their harnesses to the extended seat belts for their safety and they can watch the world go by from the window. The dinette is large enough for the two of us.
Thanks and Happy Travels

2018 Tiffin Open Road 34PA
2016 Ford Focus Hatchback Toad

[TGraham]

Our table is a little cantankerous to lift as well, but we’ve been managing and haven’t looked at greasing it. The lock bar on ours was hard to get flipped over into place and wouldn’t go all the way as flush as it should be. I stuck my head under to look at how it was locking in place and noticed the bar will slide in and out of the brackets that hold it to the bottom of the table and the lever that was locking into the notch on the table wasn’t lignin up correctly which would leave it locked, but not really. I had to move the lock bar back so that it was centered in the notch and it doesn’t have a problem locking anymore, but it does still slide in and out a little, so have to keep an eye on it. My kids try to “help” in the mornings and we have to double check they get it locked in correctly before we end up with breakfast in our laps if it gives way.

The slider mechanism is pretty much the standard we’ve had on all of our different RVs over the years, so not sure why this particular table is harder to return to table mode from the bed platform.

The only other table options I’ve seen are the ones that slide in and out where the table has chairs instead of the sleeper dinette or the two piece tables that have a pole mount in the middle and the table pulls on and off and the pole is removable for when you want to make the bed.