I'm trying to reconstruct the original slide seal configuration on the sofa/kitchen slide on my 1998 Patriot. I'm not talking about the super slide seal across the bottom of the slide. I'm talking about the seal that goes vertically up the sides of the coach and then across the top.
When I bought the coach, there was a combination bulb/wipe seal on the outside wall of the coach that mashed up against the side of the slide when fully retracted. There is also a bulb/wipe seal combination around the slide on the inside of the coach. The bulb/wipe on the inside of the coach appears to be original and has seen better days. The seal on the outside of the coach was clearly wrong. It did not fit and was causing a problem, so I removed it. (Fortunately I store the RV under covered parking). So I'm trying to find out what, if anything, goes back in its place, and I'm trying to determine how to replace the inside bulb/wipe seal combo.
I called BCS and they confirmed that the correct seal is a 1" D-seal (bulb) with a 1 3/8" wipe. That matches what I see on the inside of the coach and would create a seal when the slide is fully extended. I asked them if it goes on both the inside and outside of the coach wall, and I asked them how it attaches. I got conflicting answers from the people I talked to there. It seems logical to me that I would need some sort of bulb seal on the outside against the wall of the slide when it is fully retracted, but I'm trying to find out for sure.
Does anyone have any information (and pictures?) of the seal configuration for this model year Patriot? Attached are pictures of the inside bulb/wipe seal. As you can see from the pictures, the "wipe" part of the horizontal seal at the top is completely gone. Any info you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!