Ok boys & girls... after 5 years (and out of warranty), I'm starting to have an issue with the floor in my main slide out on a Voltage 3200.
Nothing immediate yet, but looking at it from the outside when deployed, I can see what's becoming a significant amount of 'sagging' in the center. Additional indications are that on the last 2 deployments, the slide is becoming increasingly difficult to extend & retract.
At first I attributed this to maybe missing the sweet-spot when I lubed the Swinteck tracks & rollers... but now I can see that it's the floor that may be giving it a difficult time.
An inspection of the floor itself tells me it's solid, with no indications of water damage. No discoloration anywhere to be found... just a pronounced sag of about an inch or 2, dead center of the slide out. Nothing that I know of has been in it to significantly make it overweight. Just a bottled water dispenser, a powered reclining couch that I sit on.
So my question is... have any of you had to deal with replacing the floor in a slide out? Can it be replaced while still in the rig (a field repair), or does the entire box need to be removed at a shop? Being pretty-much full-time in the rig, I really don't wanna lose it for any significant amount of time, especially with summer drawing near. And then finally... what can I expect to have to spend for said repair?
Comments & suggestions welcome... Thanks.
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