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We are having a problem with our bedroom slide on our 2006 KZ Escalade.  When the slide is closed, it is down about 1/4" on the outside.  We took it into the local RV shop and they said the problem is that the bottom/floor of the side, on the outside, is soft and has a crack and therefore  is not supporting the slide brace when closed.  They want to remove the whole slide, rebuild the bottom of the slide replace it for about $3k.  I am looking for an alternative to fix this myself. 

 

I was thinking that a sheet of aluminum could be placed over the soft spot/crack, to sure it up.  My concern is that this will make a small lip or ridge that the slide wheel will have to roll over to close the slide.

 

Thoughts or comments?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 



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Can the bracing be put inside the slide? Can you get to it under the bed?

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Thanks for the idea, but I have opened up the inside under the bed and floor is raised -meaning there must be a top plywood sheet an air pocket, and then the bottom sheet. There is also metal braces and components to sure up the "box". Perhaps this could be done if the bed is completely dismantled.

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A couple of photos would be helpful, the aluminum idea would not structurally change the load issue, I am assuming the SOFT spot is some type of 3/4" material that has become soft, sheet Aluminum is just a surface patch....

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unless you planning on doing this again in the near future.....I would seek out other estimates and while the slide is out place a sheeted 1/8 aluminum over the whole area so it doesnt happen again.

a quick fix is only going to make you want to get rid of it faster or the problem coming right back.......and trying to sell it to an alert buyer is not going to happen.

I agree 3k is steep....maybe waiting and renting a fork truck to remove the slide and doing the repair yourself is the way to go in the near future........or look for estimates in another region with a lower cost of living or high unemployment where the labor rates are low and plan to go there for the repair



-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Sunday 15th of December 2013 02:21:42 PM

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KZ only used this slide design in the 2006 model, perhaps the reason I am having this problem. The side sheeting on the bottom of the slide is only 1/8" thin, that is why I was hoping adding the aluminum would replace this thin sheet. I will try to post a pic next...

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Sorry...I can not post a pic, keeps saying it is too big.

Edit by moderator: Embedded photo for Chris.  Terry



-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Monday 16th of December 2013 07:00:13 PM

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Chris,

You asked about how to embed photos in your e-mail when you sent the picture to me.

For showing photos, one needs to have a source called a "photo hosting site" where one puts the photos that they want to share.  In my case, I use Photobucket, largely because it is free, although there are other sites that have free hosting as well.  Once one has a photo hosting account with one of the sites, one can show images in either of two ways.  One can actually embed a photo within the body of the message, as I did in the comment above, or one can post a link to one's photo hosting site where interested folks can link to go to one's hosting site to see the photo.

If one has a large photo and doesn't really relish the though of resizing the photo, it is best to post a link to the photo at the hosting site.  If one tries to embed a large photo and it gets into the body of the message, it can be so large to really expand the entire forum page to allow for the photo.  The same can be true for some hyperlinks that are pasted into the messages.  I suspect that you tried the method using the "Insert/Edit Image" icon in the area above the message body area.  I've found it difficult to get the photos sized just right to go in that way, so I always either use the link process or the embedding process from a photo hosting site.

If you go to the "Guidelines and Suggestions - Please Read" category of the forums, you will find a thread that I created that shows how to embed the photo itself into the message body.  Please note that I also mentioned there that one needs to make sure that their photo is not too large.  More than once, after trying a photo, I've even had to go back and delete the first one from Photobucket and then resize the original photo in imaging software and try again.  The thread entitled, "Guidelines Regarding Embedding Photos into Forum Posts" is the one that I created, and the instructions I used with examples applies to Photobucket because that is what I use.  For a quick look, just click on the active link above that is the title of the thread.

If one chooses to insert a link that allows interested viewers to see one's photos, one can follow the instructions found in the "Forum Tips" category of the forum that is entitled, "Inserting Links into Forum Posts."  That one explains how easy it is to insert links and arrange it so that the linked address opens up in a new window.  That is especially helpful if one is inserting a link and also describing an action that one took.  Doing it that way, a viewer can read the instructions and then go look at what is at the linked address.  Again, the title of the thread in this paragraph is also a hyperlink if you want to go look at the instructions that I gave.

Terry



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Terry,

Thanks for the tips and posting the pic.

Chris

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