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10-16-2021, 07:50 PM #1
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Opinion Wanted! Do these slides look like they are all the way in?
We have a new to us 2019 Reflection. To me it looks like the slides aren't in all the way or something is misaligned. Should these parts be sticking out like this? We do plan to take it in but looking for opinions.
2019 Reflection 337-RLS
2014 F350 SRW CC LB Lariat PS 6.7
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10-16-2021, 11:42 PM #2
Something definitely looks off at the bottom. What does the seal look like is it fully compressed at the bottom?
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2020 Reflection 315RLTS
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10-17-2021, 05:57 AM #3
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Your slides appear to be sealing where it counts, around the side wall. Where your issue begins is with the skirting below the floor level of the coach.
This area will never be perfect because the skirting is either thin metal, or plastic and there isn't any structure behind it to compress the seal.
Look up under the coach to see where the floor begins and check that the seals are sealed from that point upward to the top of the slide. Hopefully, all is good.
You can make the seal in the skirting area look better by adjusting the bracing for the skirting and/or repositioning where the screws are positioned in the braces that hold the skirting to the frame. You may need to replace or extend some of the braces if they aren't long enough to allow you to reposition the screws holding the skirting.David and Peggy
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10-17-2021, 09:51 AM #4
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I'll have to agree with @SolarPoweredRV on this one. That lower skirting is very flexible and the seals will push it in. Ours looks the same way with the slides in and they are sealed very well.
RobU.S. Army Retired
2012 F350 DRW CC LB Lariat PS 6.7
2020 Solitude 310GK-R, MORryde IS, disc brakes,
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(Previously in a Reflection 337RLS)
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10-17-2021, 12:56 PM #5
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We moved today and I took a close look at our 2020 337 and your images look exactly like ours when the slides are in. As others have said the seal along the metal skirt does nothing. As long as the slide seals where the floor starts you are good.
2020 Reflection 337RLS
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10-17-2021, 06:00 PM #6
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What they said, mine looks the same & seals properly. Didn't like it either when I first bought it but...
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10-18-2021, 08:06 PM #7
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10-18-2021, 08:26 PM #8
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If you look behind where the gaps actually are, you will discover that the area behind the skirting is actually open to the elements and is subject to splashing and road spray beneath the floor of the actual living area. As long as the slide is sealed at and above the floor level you will be okay.
David and Peggy
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10-18-2021, 08:59 PM #9
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Had the same concern and elevated it to Grand Design Customer service, I received the same answer. When I look at things that don’t look right but they just might be: sometimes I can’t get it out of my mind I will try something even if later i have to admit it was wrong.
So here was my solution and visually approved by a Grand Design representative:
This picture is from the bottom of the slide outside looking up;I split the factory foam seal deeper so the angle aluminum strip would slide deeper into the factory foam seal and added inch and a half expanding foam seal above the factory foam seal and next to the slide seal to assist in keeping the slide seal snug the slide out at the base.
So far we traveled in the rem-nits of Laura and Sally with no visible water damage to the RV. I did I all that just for my satisfaction. If you feel the the need to go for overkill seal things as you see fit, if you have no leaks go have fun!2017 F-250 6.7 2019 273 MK
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10-18-2021, 09:13 PM #10
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Tanker Yanker! LOL
Visually I'm not understanding what you did as the pic is a little small, but I'll crawl under my rig tomorrow and look up and see if it then makes sense. I am a very visual person so I may have to do something. We'll see.2019 Reflection 337-RLS
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