I have a 2015 Redwood 31 SL. Just recently the door side slide out has started squealing (like metal on metal) when slide is in the process of opening and closing. Any Ideas? Have checked for objects in the path of the slide with negative results. Sound seemingly comes from only the rear side of the slide.

Lube the geared mechanism & hydraulic ram under the slides with silicone lubricant. The manuals state no lubrication needed, I guess that's if you don't mind the squealing. I've lubed mine numerous times in 3 years with no ill effects! Hopefully it's nothing more serious.

Lube the geared mechanism & hydraulic ram under the slides with silicone lubricant. The manuals state no lubrication needed, I guess that's if you don't mind the squealing. I've lubed mine numerous times in 3 years with no ill effects! Hopefully it's nothing more serious.

I do this as well except I have not lubed the hydraulic ram.

We lube our slides every time we retract them, except for the bedroom slide because that one requires a different lubricant.

If we are parked for an extended period, we will retract the slides every 2 weeks.

We use a silicone spray on the dining/kitchen slides and may have to lubricate the bedroom slide soon because that is starting to squeak a little too.

It's just part of maintenance especially if you live near the gulf coast. (salt water)

I use the same silicone lubricant on everything, all slides, level up jacks, doors, hinges, even the foot pedal on the toilet.

Can someone please show exactly where to apply the grease or silicone to the slides on the hydraulic and gear slides. I have both, but not sure where to use it. I'd like to keep up with that on my slide mechanics.

Thanks

Ken,

I would not use grease as it will attract dirt and probably make things worse.

Apply a silicone spray to both rack and pinion assemblies on the underside of the slides. I don't have a photo, but all of the surfaces that are toothed like (or are) a gear are what you want to lubricate.

Hope this helps.

Someone had told me that a good test to make sure the lubricant doesn't attract dirt, is to spray some on cardboard and dump some dirt on it. If it slides off clean, you're ok. I use a dry graphite lube,Sliplate. It was the recommended product for the rails on the Pulrite slider hitch. I found it did the trick on the slide teeth....although as previously stated, the manual says they don't need lubrication.

Ken

Thank you all for your input, but I have always used silicone spray on the rails and it's not helped the situation. The door side slide while being extended, starts to squeal when it's about half way out. From there until it stops. Same coming in and when coming in it thumps like something is on the gear teeth but can't see anything.

My system is hydraulic. :sick:

Last year when I was at Lazydays in Tampa for some warranty work the mechanic that worked on my Rv cut two windows in the belly pan plastic where the rails are that the slide in the rear. he lubed the channels that house the rails. that was the end of our squeal's till last month. I opened the windows back up and re-lubed the rails and taped up the windows in the plastic belly pan.

An unlikely scenario is that when the "tubes" were installed they were not properly aligned (gear stock to outer tube sleeve).

You may also have a broken weld somewhere on an outer tube sleeve and it could be moving around.

Have you pulled the belly skirt down and looked within?

Reference these links at Lci.com:

http://www.lci1.com/support-25x25-hydraulic

http://www.lci1.com/assets/content/support/complist/25x25HydraulicSlideSystemAssemblies.pdf

You will see pictures of various tube configurations. If the inner gear rubs against the outer tube, that could be one cause of the squealing. Try lubing the sides and bottom of the gear rail thoroughly with a silicon based spray. It may not last long, but could help diagnose the problem.