Adjusting hydraulic slideouts

[daveinaz]

I have the manuals for the Lippert through the frame hydraulic slideout so I can reference how to adjust a particular component, but I’d like your advice on which component to adjust. On the kitchen and “opposite” slideouts, when they are extended, the top is tight against the inner wall, but is out about 1” on both bottom sides of the opposite slide out and about 3/4” on the bottom left on the kitchen.

Since the inner seals are white, you see light coming in at the bottom of the slideout where the slideout is not coming flush to the inner wall.

[Hblick48]

I had a similar problem. I adjusted the nuts on the hydraulic ram to fix. On mine, there are 3 nuts on the threaded end of the ram, the one on the end is a nylon lock. This controls how far the ram pulls the slide into the unit. The other two are "jammed together" to control how far the slide opens. There usually is a space between the nuts, so the ram actually moves back and forth a few inches without moving the slide. My guess is that the jam nuts need to be moved closer the rod end so that the slide opens farther.

[daveinaz]

Originally Posted by Hblick48

I had a similar problem. I adjusted the nuts on the hydraulic ram to fix. On mine, there are 3 nuts on the threaded end of the ram, the one on the end is a nylon lock. This controls how far the ram pulls the slide into the unit. The other two are "jammed together" to control how far the slide opens. There usually is a space between the nuts, so the ram actually moves back and forth a few inches without moving the slide. My guess is that the jam nuts need to be moved closer the rod end so that the slide opens farther.

Thank you. I’ll give that a try next time.