Do slideouts have a manual overide in case they get stuck in an out position?

[BravestDog]

Wondering if a converion owner with a slideout puts it in the out position...if it were to get stuck for whatever reason, electrical failure, motor failure...can you manually get them to go back inside by pulling out a big wrench and turning it so the slideout goes back inside?

Do they build slideouts in electric only or can you order a manual version?

Electric is nice, but when it fails, you can be placed in a difficult situation.

 

[Weramongo]

Yep, at least you can on my Showhauler, there's a long crank handle in a compartment and a small hole on the opposite side of the slide it fits in like a screw jack.

 

[BravestDog]

Sean

How many holes are there for the wrench?

Is it one hole only, two, three...?

Have you ever worked yours manually, to see how it would work?

 

[Camping Dutchman]

ours has one hole with a crank

 

[Weramongo]

One hole on mine and I've never tried it. I figure what I don't know won't hurt me until I absolutely have to find out

 

[Matt295]

our slideout on our showhauler broke and we have been cranking it for 2 weeks now. No big deal really. flick the power switch off and crank it in or out. Done.

 

[Warpath-TC]

Hey Matt,

I am sure you checked, but I'll throw it out anyway. Did you check for a blown fuse?

My slide stopped working and after checking with Show Hauler found a long lost fuse panel in the generator bay for the slide motor.

 

[Matt295]

yeah, the wires are cut. It is visible. Tried to fix it, went to replace the fuse and it blew instantly, so something is shorting it out.