This past week we took a trip near home and was aghast when we opened our slide number 2, dinning and recliner chair slide on our new Reflection. A screw had lodged its way under the slide during travel and chewed the vinyl floor covering while traveling. The big reveal was when we opened the slide to find an unwelcome tear in the floor. Fortunately it did not tear into the substrate.
Now we began to question where did this screw come from?
We had our daughter camping with us, therefore the need to setup the trifold bed/couch, and I noticed the coach moving away from the back wall as I pulled the seat portion out. Sure enough, the mysterious screw used to hold the one side of the couch was missing. It looks as if it was not mounted correctly, too far from the wall and the screw was too low on the wood frame of the couch thus not staying secure during the travel.
I have reattached the screw to the floor bracket and into the side of the couch making certain the couch was properly positioned and the screw placed into the proper location of the wood frame.
Lesson learned here is to make certain NOTHING gets under a slide.
Now we began to question where did this screw come from?
We had our daughter camping with us, therefore the need to setup the trifold bed/couch, and I noticed the coach moving away from the back wall as I pulled the seat portion out. Sure enough, the mysterious screw used to hold the one side of the couch was missing. It looks as if it was not mounted correctly, too far from the wall and the screw was too low on the wood frame of the couch thus not staying secure during the travel.
I have reattached the screw to the floor bracket and into the side of the couch making certain the couch was properly positioned and the screw placed into the proper location of the wood frame.
Lesson learned here is to make certain NOTHING gets under a slide.
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