Yep, another broken wire on a Schwintek Slide motor. This makes my third one. Part number 236575. At around $150 per motor I may have to learn how to solder.
In the 376 the slides are real close to the cabinets, only about 6" clearance. This made getting the motor out difficult. On the second motor replacement the tech chose to remove the slide trim that was next to motor to get enough clearance to pull it out. I saw there was a little flex in the slide railing system, so I muscled it out. This one was on the passenger side near the cap.
Couple of lessons learned. First off, when the slide starts to drag a little or not stay synched while sliding the problem is peeking it's head out, slide motor failure is eminent. It is possible to move the slide with motor failure, the good motor will still go if you put it in manual mode (search u tube, lots of videos out there) and have the big guy push on the slide while someone operates the slide controller, go slow.
I took time to alight the motor shaft on the new motor to look the same as the old motor, this paid dividends when it was time to drop the motor back into the slot.
What I didn't plan for was putting the seals back on, I had to make another trip into town to get some gasket sealer. I probably used the wrong product and will have to redo this soon.
I had planned on 4-8 hours to this, it took me 2, 1 hour was spent going into town.
If anyone knows the proper product to put on the seals to make them stick to the railing please speak up.
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