Rhinoone82
08-23-2015, 04:45 PM
This morning we were packing after a great weekend of camping in our 2015 Impact 311. As our usual practice, I do all of the outside and my DW does the inside. Before bringing in the slides we have always made a practice of DW walking around the outside and i do a quick check of inside so that we do not over look anything being in the way of the slides. Today was no different. We each did our checks and then I went back outside to finish up the last of the outside packing. My DW brought in the bedroom slide, no issues. She started bringing in the living room slide and that is when the issue started.
The slide started coming in, no hint of anything binding and after about 8" there was a loud pop. She stopped and yelled for me. Upon inspection I found that the front pulley assembly had ripped from the wall and was hanging by one screw The other screws had fallen to the floor.
After some very choice words I calmed down. Got a couple of the friends that we were camping with and assessed the situation. We were able to get the slide in by moving the slide a little at a time by the switch, which brought in the one side, and having my friends push the broken side in. We drove it to the service center to drop off to get repaired.
Now I need to get a hold of them tomorrow morning to find out a repair timeline. We are supposed to head out for a 1 week trip next Wednesday, but I am afraid that we will need to cancel. Just don't see them getting it fixed in a little over a week.
Just sucks that a new camper, that we have had since December had such a failure. My guess is that one or more of the screws loosened up, and with the pressure that is on these something had to give.
The slide started coming in, no hint of anything binding and after about 8" there was a loud pop. She stopped and yelled for me. Upon inspection I found that the front pulley assembly had ripped from the wall and was hanging by one screw The other screws had fallen to the floor.
After some very choice words I calmed down. Got a couple of the friends that we were camping with and assessed the situation. We were able to get the slide in by moving the slide a little at a time by the switch, which brought in the one side, and having my friends push the broken side in. We drove it to the service center to drop off to get repaired.
Now I need to get a hold of them tomorrow morning to find out a repair timeline. We are supposed to head out for a 1 week trip next Wednesday, but I am afraid that we will need to cancel. Just don't see them getting it fixed in a little over a week.
Just sucks that a new camper, that we have had since December had such a failure. My guess is that one or more of the screws loosened up, and with the pressure that is on these something had to give.