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08-29-2017, 08:39 AM
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Slides
My big slide quit working and I looked underneath and discovered the slide motor and gear box had loosened up. Broke the housing on the gearbox and I had to buy a new one from newmar. $800 dollars later I wish someone would have just mentioned that you should check your bolts occasionally holding your slide motor and gearbox. I have a Dutch star 40' with 3 slides
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08-29-2017, 08:52 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Fulltime since ‘16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Larrygarber
My big slide quit working and I looked underneath and discovered the slide motor and gear box had loosened up. Broke the housing on the gearbox and I had to buy a new one from newmar. $800 dollars later I wish someone would have just mentioned that you should check your bolts occasionally holding your slide motor and gearbox. I have a Dutch star 40' with 3 slides
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Keep an eye on the Newmar forum here - slide motor bolts, slides, recalls & TSBs, plus other great info is shared daily:
http://www.irv2.com/forums/f103/
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08-30-2017, 05:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Upper Right Ohio.. or?
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sorry for your troubles..
its a House built on a bus.. almost everything is capable of coming loose.
soft wood, short screws. lots of staples... not solid on the road.. my opinion.
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08-31-2017, 09:13 AM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Maggie Valley, NC
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As Strpe34says, this is a known Newmar issue and is discussed at length on the Newmar forum. Newmar issued a TSB to address the problem.
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08-31-2017, 10:17 AM
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Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: MidWest
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I started THIS THREAD over 14 months ago in the Newmar owners section. And you are correct, this was a KNOWN issue but not addressed by Newmar as a "calendar based maintenance action". Newmar has released a "limited" TSB, I say limited because in the interests of saving money they only addressed a limited number of years within the TSB when in reality, the years of coaches affected is much larger!!
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08-31-2017, 10:28 AM
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Senior Member
Country Coach Owners Club Solo Rvers Club iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Something must have changed at Newmar as my '02 DSDP never had a problem with loose bolts on the slide motors.
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08-31-2017, 07:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
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I think its more of a problem since the slides have become so much heavier, longer, granite counter tops, residential fridge, full wall, tile floor, flat floor, etc. I check mine as part of the pre-flight check list. I removed them added the blue loctite and Nordlock washers and torqued them to spec. No problems since then.
Vern
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