bosborn
Advanced Member
I just brought home a 2800BH - My wife and I spent an entire day going through it with a fine tooth comb and have a page and half of items we want addressed (mostly lose moldings, loose compartment locks, compartment seals damaged by someone closing the compartment with the lock in the locked position, and the like). Of those there are two big ones we found - the slide is not sitting flush at the bottom and the deadbolt will not fully extend.
While doing my inspection I noted to the dealer that the base of the slide was not flush with the wall, yet the top of the slide is. The dealer told me that as long as there was a good seal that it is fine. So, I looked at the seal and there is indeed a good seal. However, it is bothering me that the base of the slide is sticking out about an inch or so away from the outside wall when pulled all the way in and yet the top is flush. When looking down the side of the coach you can clearly see that the top is in and the bottom is sticking out a bit. To me there seems to be a slide alignment issue. In addition, as the slide extends the last foot or so, it makes a bit of a clunking noise (three techs at the dealer said this is normal). Are these slide issues something I should be concerned about even though the dealer says it is fine?
The other major issue I found was that the deadbolt will not go to its full extension. When I turn the key it will turn about a 1/2 way and stops. It appears that ether the sidewall was never drilled to allow the deadbolt to fully extend or the deadbolt is too long, or the whole mechanism was mounted too close to the edge of the door. Has anyone else had this problem? My dealer was perplexed as to what to do. They did not want to drill a hole into the door frame support - which I am glad they were reluctant to do it. If any Grand Design reps are on here, I would love some guidance on this one as I worry about not being able to properly deadbolt the door. I also noted that the door has a very slight bow in it. The bow happens to be where the deadbolt is.
While doing my inspection I noted to the dealer that the base of the slide was not flush with the wall, yet the top of the slide is. The dealer told me that as long as there was a good seal that it is fine. So, I looked at the seal and there is indeed a good seal. However, it is bothering me that the base of the slide is sticking out about an inch or so away from the outside wall when pulled all the way in and yet the top is flush. When looking down the side of the coach you can clearly see that the top is in and the bottom is sticking out a bit. To me there seems to be a slide alignment issue. In addition, as the slide extends the last foot or so, it makes a bit of a clunking noise (three techs at the dealer said this is normal). Are these slide issues something I should be concerned about even though the dealer says it is fine?
The other major issue I found was that the deadbolt will not go to its full extension. When I turn the key it will turn about a 1/2 way and stops. It appears that ether the sidewall was never drilled to allow the deadbolt to fully extend or the deadbolt is too long, or the whole mechanism was mounted too close to the edge of the door. Has anyone else had this problem? My dealer was perplexed as to what to do. They did not want to drill a hole into the door frame support - which I am glad they were reluctant to do it. If any Grand Design reps are on here, I would love some guidance on this one as I worry about not being able to properly deadbolt the door. I also noted that the door has a very slight bow in it. The bow happens to be where the deadbolt is.
