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Originally Posted by 77cruiser
How thick were the strips they put under it? How many & how did they attach them?
Found several suppliers online the stuff isn't too expensive, guessing the install was the bulk of the cost.
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I believe they ordered in sheets if I recall. Cut strips 12" wide and the depth of the slide. They used an adhesive (don't remember the name) under the entire strip and placed 3 recessed screws at the front of each strip so they wouldn't move (and so they wouldn't contact the wear bar or seal). There are 3 on the living room slide - each end and middle and 2 on the kitchen slide - each end. None in the middle due to gas lines etc.
My slides were wearing/fraying the Darco on the ends. I didn't see any damage in the middle. Put the middle strip on the living room slide and appears it doesn't even touch the wear bar which is what I suspected. It looks like both of my big slides are bowed in the middle and contact only on the ends which led to the fraying of the fabric (moreso on the living room slide). The slides had been adjusted both prior to the damage and after.
They used some sort of device they have and muscle (several guys) to lift and slightly hyperextend the slides so they could get the material all the way under them and adhered.
They have worked flawlessly for the last 2? years but this last trip to FL the kitchen slide started jerking a little. Haven't had time to clean and lube it. That trip is about 5 1/2 months and seems the trailer always gets an accumulation of "something" on/under while there. We think it's stuff in the air - we stay right beside an area of tidal pools and about 300 yds, to the bay.