Rear Electric Slide Out

[Gil_Johnson]

FYI, I have a 2008 Contessa, and my road side rear slide out has always seemed to struggle to open.  I had assume it was dragging on the carpet, and that I'd have to replace the carpet with something that wasn't as thick.  I just discovered that the most inward slide out rollers are adjustable, so that the foot of the bed platform can be adjusted up or down.  These are hard to find as they are buried under the edge of the carpet.  With your slide fully opened, you can find a 7/16" bolt on the left and right sides of the end of the bed platform, right at or under the edge of the carpet.  A simple adjustment has solved my problem.

[Don and Kathy DuCharme]

Thanks for that information Gil, it may help explain our problem.  We left MI a week ago in route to Indio, and discovered that our street side bedroom slide out was non-functional.  Could hear the motor running, but slide out did not move.  Further investigation revealed that a plastic gear in the mechanism was melted and distorted such that it no longer made contact with the motor gear.  We are now looking for parts to repair the mechanism.  Will be certain to check the adjustment after we get the mechanism repaired.

[Steven Link]

The rollers at the wall will also "dig" into the bottom of the slideout. I posted a repair for this some months back:

http://forum.bacrallies.com/m-1315241108/s-0/highlight-slideout+repair/#num0