Has one side of your slide completely stopped working? Are you thinking of taking it into a repair shop? Well STOP! We can help you avoid that costly trip and repair it yourself. A broken slide is a pretty common occurrence and depending on the problem, it isn't that hard to fix on your own. As long as you are somewhat handy/mechanical, have a couple of tools, a partner who is as fearless as you are and these instructions you should be set. From the moment we purchased Wanda, our used 2007 Winnebago Vista, we anticipated a problem with the slide one day. While it did work, every time it went out or in it sounded awful. The sounds of rubbing, scraping and clunking predicted that one day it would cause us a lot of stress on the road. And it sure did, at a very inopportune time. But luckily after some troubleshooting and research we figured out how to fix it. These directions are specially for those who have a DigiSync Kwikee slide made by Power Gear and are having the following issues:
These were the symptoms we had with our slide. You might be having 1 or more these issues or none, it could be a different problem altogether. After this happened and at a loss for how to fix it, we called Power Gear directly and spoke to their support. They were extremely helpful and knew what the problem was right away, the Acme Nut. This plastic nut keeps the acme screw in place in the slide housing. He asked for my email and sent me instructions on how to remove the nut and replace it and fix the issue. The nut can be found on Amazon, but we found it online from Lichtsinn RV. The part only cost $14 dollars. So we bought 3 spares and upgraded the clevis pins which hold the acme screw in place. Lichtsinn RV Part Number: 62832-01-702 Acme Nut $14 162832-01-700 Clevis Pin $1.50 x2 Amazon Link Time: It took us about 4 hours, but if we had to do it again we could probably do it in half the time. Tools:
Congrats you fixed your own slide and saved yourself a ton of money. This repair probably would have cost you anywhere from $300 to $600 to fix. If you have any question, feel free to reach out to us and leave us a comment below if this helped you. By: Kevin Quiambao
5 Comments
Brian
10/16/2020 05:32:20 pm
Hi! Just read your slide repair blog. We’ve had the acme nuts replaced a couple of times by RV Techs which costs a small fortune. With you instructions there is no doubt that I could make the repair myself. Would you happen to have written instructions in a pdf file on how to make the repair?
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Dave Schaaf
9/18/2022 05:06:49 pm
My slide-out had the exact same problem as yours, and I just fixed it followingd your instructions. Thanks so much for posting this, I couldn’t find information on fixing this anywhere else - you saved me about $1000!
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Melvin D. Hache
10/27/2022 10:56:48 pm
Very similar to my Winnebago 2006 Spirit 31 t class c but I think I can take the motor off with the acme screw from the inside . Has anybody with the set up tried the repair?
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Carlos
1/26/2023 08:29:25 pm
Where I can buy the part? I have same problem with my slide out. I need buy the parts
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