Les Hurdle

good idea for short step support

No GK's here and a wife who barely interested.........  youngsters around here demanding $30ph to do anything.  Tried a 'truck wash' in Hesperia.... terrible, scratched paint etc etc

I guess I'll have to make the old tired muscles work.

link sent back to Monacoers !

Since you mention glass......... I'm sure I'll get detention for this........ just had one side of my windshield replaced by BUSTER 661 810 3551. [Palmdale Lancaster CA area but he will travel]..... he told stories about glass shattering, popping out, he'd seen it all.  So far mine is still in place.

Than you all for the chuckles.............. sorely needed in this day and age.......not sure I understood dismiss !....  I did ask of Google where I might find a magic piece but only found such for the back of pick up trucks etc.........   Some may recall back in your youth American station wagons had a device on the roof which shoved air down to the back window............ my thought is such might work at the front of an RV......hmmmm but of-course, shove the air and bugs up.  ......  what I did do today was wash the windshields with a soft brush, spray with very diluted white vinegar and water then I used a 'squeegee/sponge' at Harbor Freight near Morrow Bay which had the current excuse for cleaning cloth on each side.  I soaked said device in Rainex bug cleaner for windshield washers and lo........ most of the bugs slid off.  Some little blighters which had impacted in swarms had to be removed via the fingernail process.   BTW........ if I may, first thing I learned as a pilot of small aircraft was ONLY wash etc windshields vertically........ I do the same on my RV and might suggest y'all do the same.......... helps lessen refraction and all that technical stuff.

Peace.

Just got back from a Long trip and of-course my new windshield is covered in bugs.  By the time I got to them they were well and truly stuck on.

Has anyone seen, does anyone make a deflector which can be attached to the front of the cap below the windshield which would deflect wind upwards and hopefully away from the windshield pushing bugs over the top?

Les

Thanks Tom Thanks Jim...........  to my knowledge installer did not remove couch since the new floor stops under the couch where the plasticised support starts...........  sorry ca't be more precise, but I'm sure the couch will have to come off now.

L

I had a local flooring co redo the floor in my 2004 Cheetah.

ll was ok until the roadside slide was activated.  There were multiple scratches on the new flooring.  Seems screws etc were causing the issue along the length of the couch.  For the time being I have taped 1/8" plastic sheet on the floor to prevent further gouging, but how to get to whatever under the couch?

I read on iRV2 a number of folks had experienced similar issues but short of lifting the entire slide up [how] and remove offending screws etc/add 'fabric' to the underside  I didn't see any simple method.

Anyone had this experience and found a solution?

Les

Many thanks......... I looked at that, but I think the issue is a little further 'out'.........  the flooring guy will come and take a look.

L

Many thanks.  I don't see enough room for that.

How does one get underneath the inner part of the slide when it is extended?

L

HI Folks... slightly different scenario.

I had the floor of my 04 Cheetah removed [incl tiles] and a floating wood floor put in it's place.  It is great.  However I notice when the slide comes back in [or maybe goes out] something is dragging on the new floor scratching it badly.  Hope you can see the lines across the plank in the pics.  I tried to look underneath by briing the slide in until it tipped up but can't see or feel anything.   Is there a way to get to the bottom of the slide? 

Hope I'm in the right area.. I usually get it wrong.

My drivers side rear hydraulic jack does not go all the way back up.

Fixes/reasons please

Les

file off the offending 'tit'.

Les

Doesn't Bargman ??  have replacements?   I did call them but after being on hold for 40 minutes I gave up. Les

Hi One and all.

Reading nfo here I guess my slides do not ave rollers since the drivers side tends to stop st an angle.

However, I enclose a picture since the front end of thr slide when 'at rest' seems to allow for the gear teeth so sit on the aluminium support.

Is that ok?

Les

IMG_6322.jpg.pdf

Hi Joel,

I may have someone who can help you

Les 661 304 6556

Hi Daniel......... do you have part numbers, where to buy etc please?

L

Hope you can see the pic enclosed.

The corners of my slides have had some 'fabric' added at some time.  It is now shot.

Anyrecommendations as to corner pieces which can be bought or re-manufactured via something else?

Les

I will have one unit plus a working rear o/s penguin which is working ok.

I old like to get replacements for an 04 Cheetah, plug n play?

L

Hope I'm not mixing apples and oranges here [apparently I do]

My generator sits in the front on rails and was a PITA to move in and out.  Cleaned up the rails, much better.

The [electric?] slides always seem to grind and bump along.  The rollers look like they are coated with old lubricant as do the gear racks. 

What is;

Best way to clean goop off and then which is the best lubricant to apply to everything?

Thanks one and all for the info

L

has anyone tried these?

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-Drill-Pump-Kit-PUP63-HD/204667248

Hi Greg,

Thanks for the input.

That is really good news, but also leaves me questioning.

My passenger windshield broke from the bottom of the right hand corner.   If the dash does little to assist windshield strength, what would have cause the 'stress' in order for the windshield to break.   I was assuming the 'was tight on the windshield and as such going over a dip or bend pushed up hard against the windshield.  Hope would the cap cause stress?

I'm still wondering, is the windshield best if NOT attached to the dash cover [or maybe loose] so there are no hard contact spots.

Hmmm

Les

Hi All may I ask you to look at the 2nd picture in my post above.

I'm faced with a dilemma or two.  RV Solutions and various RV glass companies do not want to come to the high desert [up the mountain] near Palmdale California.  One of the local glass guys [Buster] replaced the glass on my Southwind successfully.  In this case the dash cover and the windshield on the Southwind move around quite a lot.  Buster has fixed a Monaco after one person spent $8k having the front end [cap] stiffened up.  When the single windshield was then installed it popped out, Buster fixed it.

Here's my dilemma, if you can see the screen shot it shows one of the brackets not touching the underside of the dash cover and the entire area where the dash meets the windshield is covered in goop.   Looks like to had been so for years.

What is best.

A stiff cap and dash attached to the windshield or perhaps allowing the windshield to float [in my case the end cap may have been damaged many years ago].

In other words, I leave everything as it is, have the windshields replace plus a new gasket and allow the unit to float somewhat.  Or, remove all the goop put in new brackets and then attach the windshield or put windshield in cap as it is, then remove/replace brackets to fit how ever the cap and windshield are sitting/situated?

Les 

If part of a thread posts are not made generally?

Hi Folks,

2004 Cheetah.  I live along a dirt road which is bumpy, so I drive very slowly.  However, some dear person put a hole in the road [spinning wheels] and as i rounded the corner the passenger side dipped and windshield cracked.  Had new awnings installed and when leaving the yard the windshield cracked more see pic #1.

I have to presume at some point the front end of the coach was rebuilt or at least there were windshield issues.  If you look at the other pics hopefully you can see there are only 2 brackets.  One is no longer screwed to anything.

I have called the local experts as supplied by RV Glass, no one wants to come up the mountain 😉. Local glass guy says he has experience with pop outs etc and has found a way to stop it.

I would like some advice please.

EG; noting all the black goop which has been applied, do I strip it all off, with what?   I can apply more brackets but how/where do I know the correct place is for the top of the dash member to connect with the windshield.   Is the windshield supposed to 'float' on its own.

The rubber surround is shot so a new piece will have to be installed.  Does anyone have any knowledge of how to fix this or are there any papers on the topic?

Les