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Old 10-22-2020, 06:21 PM   #81
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I applied ZEP 45 for the first time today. It was fruitless to attempt to view anything past the rubber wiper (without unscrewing and removing the entire wiper, which I wasn't up for), so I just stuck the straw in the joint at intervals and let fly. The straw itself was a joke as it kept spitting out (plastic to plastic lube, duh). I was so displeased by the process that I did the meat axe thing and finished up by just blowing lube all over the Dicor and the bottom rubber wiper, then cycling the slide a couple times. It did some humping that it never did before, but then the motor increased in pitch (speed) considerably; and the humping seemed to be going away on the final cycle, so I suspect I did more good than harm.

I have a matchbook-sized piece of Gorilla Tape on the Dicor, where I had a lag bolt pierce it from inside during one of our initial modifications. I had no idea the Dicor was a bearing surface until a few weeks ago. The tape is a bit worn and smeary, but seems to be holding up well. Is there anything like a thinner iron-on adhesive patch that works better on Dicor?
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Old 10-22-2020, 07:05 PM   #82
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I applied ZEP 45 for the first time today. It was fruitless to attempt to view anything past the rubber wiper (without unscrewing and removing the entire wiper, which I wasn't up for), so I just stuck the straw in the joint at intervals and let fly. The straw itself was a joke as it kept spitting out (plastic to plastic lube, duh). I was so displeased by the process that I did the meat axe thing and finished up by just blowing lube all over the Dicor and the bottom rubber wiper, then cycling the slide a couple times. It did some humping that it never did before, but then the motor increased in pitch (speed) considerably; and the humping seemed to be going away on the final cycle, so I suspect I did more good than harm.

I have a matchbook-sized piece of Gorilla Tape on the Dicor, where I had a lag bolt pierce it from inside during one of our initial modifications. I had no idea the Dicor was a bearing surface until a few weeks ago. The tape is a bit worn and smeary, but seems to be holding up well. Is there anything like a thinner iron-on adhesive patch that works better on Dicor?


CD, what exactly happened with the piercing of the dicor and how/where exactly did you place the gorilla tape? If just a stand alone, in the middle of the dircor kind of fix....ain't good. The wear bar will take it off. If the darco has actually been perforated the good remedies are few, far between and can be expensive. PM me if you want to.
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Old 10-22-2020, 07:33 PM   #83
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I had no idea how thick (rather, thin) the slide floor was. The first lag bolt I used was too long and the tip punched a very small hole (icepick-sized) in the Dicor. I computed the proper lag length from that and finished the job with no more protrusions. I slapped a small patch of Gorilla Tape on the puncture just to prevent fraying. It's been there two years and frankly is holding up quite well. Rather than panic myself into another burdensome repair, I'll just keep an eye on it.
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Old 10-22-2020, 07:44 PM   #84
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That is great news. The slide bottom contacts the wear bar differently at different places along the length. Sounds like yours is doing OK. Keep a very close eye on it. Once it starts to roll or fray on the edges you need to do something right then.
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Old 10-22-2020, 08:10 PM   #85
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Just for "clarity sake":

DARCO is the thin black plastic film used under the slides.

DICOR is the self leveling sealant applied to the roof seams.....

People in this post exchange appear to both be talking about what the other member understands, but for someone in the future who might read these posts, DICOR is not a "bearing surface under the slide" and applying ZEP or WD40 spray to the sealant on your roof isn't recommended...

It (ZEP or WD40) is used on the DARCO under the slides and is the same stuff that's used to line the wheelwells.....
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Old 10-23-2020, 02:53 AM   #86
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That is great news. The slide bottom contacts the wear bar differently at different places along the length. Sounds like yours is doing OK. Keep a very close eye on it. Once it starts to roll or fray on the edges you need to do something right then.

Once the Darco wears out I'm not sure there's any practical way to resurface it. I've seen on a thread or two an idea about applying a few strips of some kind of (less expensive) Teflon analog that would help. That's probably what I would try. In the meantime, I'll keep an eye on it and re-apply the WD-40 Specialist dry lube on some kind of schedule. I used about 1.25 cans to be sure to coat it well. BTW jacking up the slideout really was not difficult, and uber-helpful in exposing the wear bar.
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Old 10-23-2020, 02:59 AM   #87
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This is how I set up the jacks, and this shows what kind of access you get, both inside and out.
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Old 10-23-2020, 07:37 AM   #88
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Just for "clarity sake":

DARCO is the thin black plastic film used under the slides.

DICOR is the self leveling sealant applied to the roof seams.....

People in this post exchange appear to both be talking about what the other member understands, but for someone in the future who might read these posts, DICOR is not a "bearing surface under the slide" and applying ZEP or WD40 spray to the sealant on your roof isn't recommended...

It (ZEP or WD40) is used on the DARCO under the slides and is the same stuff that's used to line the wheelwells.....

Whoops! My apologies. I've been dealing with darco, placing dicor etc. so much lately I guess I'm using the terms interchangeably (post 82).
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Old 10-23-2020, 07:40 AM   #89
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This is how I set up the jacks, and this shows what kind of access you get, both inside and out.


No, done the way you did it (it's the way I do it) it's not hard to just raise the slide box a bit. To get to the front edge of the slide (outside the wall) is much more difficult and requires hyper extending the slide (pulling it all the way out of the enclosure).
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Old 10-17-2023, 05:03 AM   #90
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I am having a similar issue with one of my cable slides. Has anyone thought of battery voltage being a cause? Or a failing auto-reset fuse?
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