Slide problem

[Coloradobus]

Hey Tuga,

Our coach, 2002 Marathon XLII, had the Prevost slides: a single slide. Prevost identified the coach as 1-7450.. Using the 10th digit to signify model year and the last four digits as the sequential number. That shell was manufactured in August 2000 as an '01 shell for a '02 conversion. The current owners who we know have had "Zero"trouble since we got all the "bugs" out of it while we had it for 2 years.

[nrhareiner]

Thanks coloradobus,

I called Bill Jensen. He actually knew of my coach since it is an early double slide. It had work done by Prevost in 03 on the slides. I had the records. He stated that Prevost did change the pins after the time this coach had the work done. The good news is Prevost is going to cover all of the costs of the work. That certainly is different than what the major plastic coach manufactures say when the coach is over 5 years old.

Again thanks to everyone who has tried to help in this problem. I will tell you how it goes after I can give the coach up for a few days later in this month. Right now we are a single slide in OKC.

Kim Sloan
02 Vantare XLII S?

[merle&louise]

Kim,

Glad that Prevost is stepping up to the plate and I'm glad that your problem is being addressed. New technology always has a few bugs - it will all work out. It's nice to know that Bill Jensen is hands on. Happy you nailed it

Coloradobus,

Thanks for the info on the slides. We need to all pull together. Good post!

[garyde]

Hi Kim. Please let us know how it turns out and Let us fellow 'SLIDERS' know what Prevost does to remedy the problem.

[nrhareiner]

Good morning everyone,

Finally an update on our slide problems. Picked up the coach from Prevost in Dallas late last week after three weeks. A few days of that time was caused by my not being able to get to Dallas because of the weather.

Here is the outcome from the slide problems:

1. they had to dismantle the entire slide, both salon and bedroom.
2. They updated the pins from 5 degree to 7 degree.
3. Since this was early double slide they changed the support of the slides
4. New seals front and back.
5. Took apart and replaced the interior of the coach.

the best part was the price. Prevost goodwilled the entire job. The company was excellent and the work was great. Now the slides work and are much quieter when opening or closing. The only part I have to deal with is some graphite streaks down the area from the pin receptacles.