slideout wire guide

[sabeaulieu]

The plastic slideout wire holder is broken any ideas on how to fix it?

[H. John Kohl]

I used a 3" gate hinge. Any hing bolted to the black strap and attached to the slide frame will work.
Others have used tie wraps for temporary fix.
Good luck.

[Art-n-Marge]

This is what my hinge fix looks like (I have 3 of them):

http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...ort-shrunk.jpg

I hope the link works.

I cut the black support to create a straight edge, then attached one side of the hinge with 4 screws/washers/nuts, then drill holes in the metal support where the other side of the support was located. 4 more screws/lock washers/nuts to attach the other side of the hinge on the frame and voila. The hinge provides the movement of the plastic support as the slide extends or retracks.

I will probably have to lube the hinge on occasion and check the torque of the hardware, but this is working for me so far. I have not seen any evidence of cracking so far.

Other members have used more substantial hardware but hopefully you get the idea.

[exav8tr]

Did the same as Art a few years back. Still working fine. I did use a 4inch galvanized gate hinge with 1/4 inch bolts in the plastic and self tapping screws in the metal portion. THEN, I painted it all black to match the rest of the rig. Got an A+ from the DW. I think this was my first repair on the Monty......

[PapaBeav]

I cut mine off where it cracked and drilled a couple of holes in the existing plastic and remounted it. But the hinge sounds like a better fix even though I haven't had any problems with my fix for two years now.

[Art-n-Marge]

Forgot to mention, I used 4 1/2" hinges. When the plastic first broke the RV service department refastened it like PapaBeav did. But they started to crack again, so I hinged it hoping this would last longer. So far, so good.