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Title: Bedroom slide gear box and/or motor
Post by: Michael Rump on December 17, 2015, 08:38:03 PM

All,

Have a bent shaft and bad bushing on the gearbox for the rear bedroom slide.  Trying to locate a replacement, but it may come as a complete unit (motor and gearbox).  Monaco is checking on availability and lead time, but was wondering if anyone has had this issue in the past? 

Appreciate your comments.

Title: Re: Bedroom slide gear box and/or motor
Post by: Rod Ogle on December 18, 2015, 01:01:27 AM

Mike

  We also had our slide out mechanism go bad in our 04 PT.  Very few parts are available from Monaco.  The most useful thing Monaco did was to provide me a diagram of the slide out hardware.  If you have the same setup, it was called a "Quick Draw" system, using an electric motor, gears and bicycle chain to move the slide in and out.  Lippert bought out the company that made the original system and they still have the motor in stock but not much else.  We finally took our coach to Elite RV repair in Harrisburg OR, they took all the gear out and sent it to a local machine shop for fabrication of worn/broken parts.  Took about two weeks and $2500 to make the fix.  :( :(  Hope this helps. 

Title: Re: Bedroom slide gear box and/or motor
Post by: Don and Kathy DuCharme on December 18, 2015, 01:08:07 AM

Michael, if it is the same mechanism as our 07 Contessa it was made by Lippert components. I have been able to find repair parts on Ebay or Amazon.

Title: Re: Bedroom slide gear box and/or motor
Post by: Dave Atherton on December 18, 2015, 01:48:30 AM

Michael Rump, local machine shop can repair bent shaft and build bushing for very little
Cost. Dave Atherton Retired Cat Mechanic

Title: Re: Bedroom slide gear box and/or motor
Post by: Michael Rump on December 18, 2015, 02:27:20 PM

Rod, Don and Dave,

Thank you for your comments.  There are assemblies on eBay, but I need to make sure they will work.  Really need to find the six digit Lippert part number for my unit.  Still trying to sort out our best option, and will update the forum when complete. 

Best regards,