Slide preventive maintenance

[Grandesigner]

Okay, so what if it is making a loud noise for about 1/3 the travel from open to closed, but only on the front side?

[Hoopy Frood]

Since I'm assuming you're speaking about your new trailer, either talk to the dealer, or talk to Grand Design and see if you can have a mobile technician take a look. Or peel back the seal and see if you can see any issues as it starts closed.

[Grandesigner]

Thanks, but it's not new enough for warranty work, unless the slide warranty is 3 years.
Bought it on 8/6/2020.
It was looked at for chattering in Feb 2021 and was aligned and lubed under warranty. This noise is different, more like a squeaky sound.
I have conditioned the seals and even used pam on them where the noise seems to be coming from, so I don't think it is the seals...

[Hoopy Frood]

Well, it may be a consideration that the slide has been checked before under warranty. Sometimes that con act as a help with future problems of the same thing. Sure worth checking into.

[Grandesigner]

The dealer who checked it out back then had to be forced to do so since I didn't buy it from them. Fat chance they will look at it again...especially anytime soon, lol
Anybody else have this kind of noise issue?

[OshawaDave]

I use Camco Seal Conditioner for all seals and wipers and CRC with PTFE for the living room slides (4 or 5 times a year). The bedroom slide is a Schwintek and I do not lubricate it.

[WhittleBurner]

Okay, so what if it is making a loud noise for about 1/3 the travel from open to closed, but only on the front side?

ignore this.. You answered in another post

[WhittleBurner]

Thanks, but it's not new enough for warranty work, unless the slide warranty is 3 years.
Bought it on 8/6/2020.
It was looked at for chattering in Feb 2021 and was aligned and lubed under warranty. This noise is different, more like a squeaky sound.
I have conditioned the seals and even used pam on them where the noise seems to be coming from, so I don't think it is the seals...

For squeaking put some baby powder in a stock and pat it all around the slide seal... You can ignore my question of what kind o of noise.

[Grandesigner]

It is a scratchy, squealy noise, kind of disturbing. The slide is in now, but next time I should record it...
I thought it was rubber on metal due to all the rain we drove thru last time, maybe removing the 'protect all slideout rubber seal treatment' I had applied before the trip. So I sprayed pam on the seal interface while sliding in last time. It helped a little but the noise is still there.

[BobinICT]

It is a scratchy, squealy noise, kind of disturbing. The slide is in now, but next time I should record it...
I thought it was rubber on metal due to all the rain we drove thru last time, maybe removing the 'protect all slideout rubber seal treatment' I had applied before the trip. So I sprayed pam on the seal interface while sliding in last time. It helped a little but the noise is still there.

Have you lubed the rollers under the slide? That is where we had some squealing from until I lubed them.