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01-19-2022, 07:42 PM
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2021 AVALANCHE slideouts
We just picked up our new 2021 AVALANCHE 312RS and love it. During the dealership walkthru the salesman tried to retract the 2 hydraulic slideouts only to discover they won't retract with the leveling stabilizers down, the pump just runs. I would think you would want the trailer leveled with the hydraulic stabilizers before extending or retracting the slides. Is this normal?
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01-19-2022, 07:51 PM
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Welcome to the forum
If the pump just runs, I would have them retract everything and then check the fluid level in the pump reservoir.
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01-20-2022, 05:35 AM
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Isn’t there valves to shut off the slides ? Maybe one is closed?
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01-20-2022, 05:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jasin1
Isn’t there valves to shut off the slides ? Maybe one is closed?
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Those valves shut off all flow so they shouldn’t move at all if they were closed.
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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01-20-2022, 05:44 PM
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Thanks Chuckster, I'll check the hydraulic reservoir tomorrow. I forgot to add that the slides work just fine with the 4 rear stabilizers retracted.
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01-23-2022, 07:25 PM
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AVALANCHE slides
Looks like I have a bad stabilizing cylinder and another leak and we're headed back to the dealer tomorrow. I put 2 quarts of DEXRON III in the reservoir to bring the level up to 4" below the fill port and the stabilizers and slides work great...until I retracted the street side slide and fluid poured down the stabilizer shaft from the lower cylinder seal. I probably caught a quart of fluid in the drain pan I placed under the cylinder. In addition, there is a lot of fluid leaking from the brake wiring access hole in the underbelly panel closest to the bad cylinder.
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01-23-2022, 07:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rogerinamarillo
Looks like I have a bad stabilizing cylinder and another leak and we're headed back to the dealer tomorrow. I put 2 quarts of DEXRON III in the reservoir to bring the level up to 4" below the fill port and the stabilizers and slides work great...until I retracted the street side slide and fluid poured down the stabilizer shaft from the lower cylinder seal. I probably caught a quart of fluid in the drain pan I placed under the cylinder. In addition, there is a lot of fluid leaking from the brake wiring access hole in the underbelly panel closest to the bad cylinder.
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Hopefully it’s just loose fittings, the leak in the underbelly is from the slide ram.
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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