Locking pin for slides

[tdelorme]

Can't explain why some are repaired gratis while others appear to be free, however....

At one time (and I presume this policy remains today) Prevost guaranteed their repairs for one year. Obviously some repairs are actually maintenance such as seal replacement, but others such as relates to pins for example are repairs.

If someone has had something repaired and it broke at the 11th month it get repaired under warranty and I presume that repair restarts the clock. If someone can get their bus or its systems to fail every 11th month it seems an intitial investment with Prevost for the repairs is all that is needed for lifetime repairs. Good luck with that.

Well there you go, Jon has finally realized that a Prevost is an investment. He used to rant on about a bus was not an investment but I always knew he was wrong. I think he missed school the day "Buy High, Sell Low" was covered, which is when we talked about bus trading. Loc must have gotten him up to speed in OKC.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

You are really starting to piss me off Mel.

I said the purchase of repairs could be an investment, not the purchase of a bus. I further qualified that by saying you needed to get things to break on an 11 month schedule.

Haven't you pulled the wire on the damn clutch yet? If you would quit trying to break my chops you would have time to do that investigative work. I was going to go easy on you about the comment about Jan washing the bus, but not any more. I will educate her when I see her next.

[Bill1170]

Jon and others:
The pin is made so that it first slides in the socket and then 2 dogs,I call them, extend out of the pin and apparently this locks the pin in place. I can barely see the pin work behind the cabinet but maybe I can adjust the pin when I get to it rather than replace it.

[jack14r]

I have sprayed the pin pockets religiously with graphite spray and that will lubricate the pins.Take a piece of thin cardboard and cut a hole 1/4 inch larger than the pin pocket and then use it to keep the graphite off of the paint and the graphite will lubricate the pin and the pocket.

[Bill1170]

Thanks Jack, I have been using the wrong lubricant and I have just cleaned the sockets and used the graphite spray , maybe after some use it will solve my problem.

[garyde]

Here's all I know about slides;
a. Graphite is what I use on my Pins and I have had no problems to date
b. Air seals don't last. I keep complaining, and Prevost keeps replacing them free of charge. I think I'm at the end of this free ride.

c. In order to slide the slide in to reveal the air seals; it is a 5 step process at least:
1. Open slide, remove top portion of slide cap edge
(This will require re-sealing with slow drying marine silicone)
2. Close slide w/o top slide cap
3. Turn off slide controls (port side Bay #3)
4. Release Pins, deflate seal manually at controls (see manual)
5. Find motor for slide, manually ratchet gear so that slide slowly
moves inward into the coach , approx 3-4 inches in.

Now the seal is exposed. If you want to replace the seal however, I would have Prevost do this as it is very time consuming, and if it is done incorrectly, you will have more problems than you started with.

Everything I have just explained is by watching, not doing so beware.

[Bill1170]

Gary, has prevost replaced your slide seals free of charge , I just paid to have mine replaced, both front and back. We have the same year coach, maybe your trouble started early on.

[garyde]

Yes, I purchased the Coach in Aug. 06. The bedroom slide seal broke about 6 months later. Liberty said they had already replaced that seal prior to me buying the Coach, so Prevost replaced it , I did pay some labor. Then within a year or so, the same seal broke again, Prevost replaced that one no charge. Last, the living room slide broke in Aug of 08. So, Prevost replaced that one no charge.
The History of the seals as I was told at Prevost;

The seals have been purchased from one Vendor who had seam problems. Then they had material problems, too thin and uneven thickness.
Now, I believe they may have a new vendor and better quality.

[Bill1170]

Gary your coach apparently had seal problems from the start and Prevost did the right thing to replace them. Hope that solves your problem.
My seals were about 6 years old and that is about all that can be expected from what I hear.

[JIM KELLER]

Roger, Are you reading these " Seal Posts. "