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    Lippert Service Bulletin

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    Peggy and Jamey Matheny
    2016 Grand Design Solitude 5th Wheel 369RL Serial #G1104808
    As of 19 April 2019, 792 nights and 23,887 trailer miles.
    2015 Ford F-250 4X4 Super Cab SRW 148" WB 6.7L Powerstroke Diesel

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    Our new 369 was popping. On advice from this forum I bought the Caterpillar additive. The man where I bought it recommended using a few table spoons because it is for heavy equipment. I figured the good fokes here and at GD knew what they were talking about so I put the whole quart in. ( Drain a quart, then add a quart.) Exercised the jacks and slides several times and haven't heard any more popping.
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    2016 Solitude 369RL
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    We have the dreaded popping issue as well. I now know we need to add the Caterpillar hydraulic oil BUT does everyone really inspect once per month by pulling slides in and jacks up? We are full time and will be parked for months at a time. How is everyone else doing this? What about those that are stored in the winter? Am I missing something?

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    We bought 6 rubber pavers from Menards to put under the jack pads. Haven't noticed any popping now
    2018 Freedom Elite 24FE, 2 Yorkies, and my wife MARILYN, HAM call K0LCB. Traveling around this great country, making friends and seeing lot of beautiful and interesting places

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    Quote Originally Posted by robinsond1 View Post
    We have the dreaded popping issue as well. I now know we need to add the Caterpillar hydraulic oil BUT does everyone really inspect once per month by pulling slides in and jacks up? We are full time and will be parked for months at a time. How is everyone else doing this? What about those that are stored in the winter? Am I missing something?
    Not to get off topic (popping) but I think everyone has their own comfort level regarding preventative maintenance. The following is copied from my Google calendar and is done monthly.

    Check battery.
    Clean, lube, and operate jacks.
    Clean, lube, and operate slides and slide wipers.
    Inspect water heater.
    Inspect refrigerator.
    Inspect roof and slide roofs.
    Inspect underside of RV.
    Inspect tires and check pressure,

    We are just weekender’s but we do use out unit year round so there is no long term storage, I also have a biannual and annual check list.
    Safe & Happy Trails.

    2016 Solitude 369RL
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    I too have this issue. I cannot believe with all the experience in the industry the owners of GD have they cannot figure out how to build a trailer. Watch their video and they have the best of the best people but still have a lot of failures.

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    Where can we get the Cat oil that fixes popping problem?


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    Quote Originally Posted by mehall1087 View Post
    Where can we get the Cat oil that fixes popping problem?


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    Before you remove a quart oil and add the CAT oil. Which you should be able to find at any truck stop or camping world. I used silicone slide spray. I ran my front jacks all the way down, sprayed the Jacks at the top and wiped the Jacks down with a rag sprayed with the slide spray. Then ran the Jacks all the way up, then all the way down again and repeated the same process again. Once I did that twice I auto leveled and it has not popped since. I will do that every month now as the GD owners book says to.
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    Ok, thank you. My popping does not seem as bad as some I have read about in here. So far we always have AC running so popping jacks would not be heard while sleeping. Thanks again and I will try this first.


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    I had the popping noise on my 369RL. I talked to the Lippert rep at the Quartzite RV show and he told me to remove as much oil as I could and replace it with 15W motorcycle fork oil. I baught a small suction gun from Napa and replaced about 3 quarts of the oil. Problem solved.

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