Lippert above floor slide

[Capt Mike]

Having an issue with my road side bedroom slide on my 2008 Knight 38PDQ. It will not come in when hitting the switch, it does make a noisy rattling sound and always has. This time it made the noise but didn't move. I have everything exposed to work on the unit which the tag says it is a Lippert above floor sofa slide, LCI model #114754. The motor and gears that I can see are ok. There is a shaft with a hole in it maybe to manually get the slide to move? I may have to give the slide a push from outside?  Any ideas from the knowledge base here would be greatly appreciated!

[96 EVO]

Can't see it in any of your pic's, but there's usually a place to put a socket on (5/8 I believe), and manually move the slide.

Pushing from outside while someone presses switch may also work.

Sounds like the clutch system is slipping!

[Capt Mike]

Looking at Lipperts site I see the 5/8” on slides where the mechanism is located under the slide in the basement. I don’t see it on this slide. Starting to rain here so I’m on standby.

Thanks for your input.

[96 EVO]

1 minute ago, Capt Mike said:

Looking at Lipperts site I see the 5/8” on slides where the mechanism is located under the slide in the basement. I don’t see it on this slide. Starting to rain here so I’m on standby.

Thanks for your input.

Mine has one under the bed floor. 

I even drilled a hole in the bulkhead so I could get the socket on it without removing the panel above the motor / gearbox.

[Capt Mike]

Thanks 96 EVO, I’m going to have a closer look, it “seems” like I have everything exposed. Hopefully the rain will let up and I’m giving my back a rest too 🤷‍♂️

[96 EVO]

If you have one, it should be facing the bulkhead where your storage area is, under the foot of the bed.

[Capt Mike]

I’ll have a closer look in a little bit.

Thanks, this group is simply awesome.

[Capt Mike]

96 EVO! I found it after taking most of the mechanism apart! And I fully understand what you did.

I’m going to drill the access hole like you did. Thanks so much.

[96 EVO]

Great!

Keep in mind, as your slide retracts, the motor / gearbox doesn't, so you will need to add more extensions to your ratchet.

[Happycarz]

[Happycarz]

I drilled a 2” hole so I could use one of those caps for running computer cords through a desk. I finished with a descriptive yellow label.

[96 EVO]

4 hours ago, Happycarz said:

I drilled a 2” hole so I could use one of those caps for running computer cords through a desk. I finished with a descriptive yellow label.

I went fancier!

A strip of masking tape with 5/8" written on it 😁!