5th Wheel Camper Slide Out Floor Damage

During our summer trip of extending and retracting the slides multiple times i never had any.

5th wheel camper slide out floor damage. Use a wire brush to remove any debris dirt paint chippings or rust from your slide out tracks. I included a carpet cleaning as part of the work order. Extend your slide outs on the fifth wheel. Water damage was found in the floor under my refrigerator.

A more or less common cause for issues in the slide out movement is damage to the rail system. We re remodeling our 11 year old class c rv and installing new flooring. When we pull out the slides there was a large deep gouge in the vinyl floor caused by one of the rollers digging in the floor. If the rail gets bent or twisted then the slide out s driving mechanism may experience difficulties with moving the slide out or might be unable to move it altogether.

Clean out all the dirt and road debris from the tracks. With so many cracks seams and moving parts some leakage is basically unavoidable and water damage can ruin your machinery rendering your rig unusable. Apply lubricant on the gears tracks and rails of your slide outs. A roughly 17 x 45 section of plywood needed to be cut out and replaced with a fresh piece.

Over the years water intruded and slowly turned the 3 4 plywood in one of the slide floor corners to mush. In this video i repair th. But since an rv is a house on wheels the situation is even worse.