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Lemonhead 
Newbie 
Joined: 01 Nov 2014 Location: Northern Utah Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
 Topic: 179 Manual Slide Out Operation?Posted: 06 Nov 2014 at 3:21pm |
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The link to the video is no longer working. Are there any other videos or perhaps some written instructions. The manual that came with my 179 only describes a cranking mechanism, which I gather from the forum is not applicable for the 179.
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Anna and Kevin
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Lemonhead
Newbie
Joined: 01 Nov 2014 Location: Northern Utah Online Status: Offline Posts: 6 |
Posted: 03 Nov 2014 at 1:51pm |
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The YouTube video for the manual operation of the slide out on the 179 is no longer available.
Does anyone have it downloaded and saved, or have written instructions for manually retracting the slide? Much Thanks |
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kymooses
Senior Member 
Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 15 Jun 2014 at 6:20pm |
I got this passed to me from someone in the know. But this manual and troubleshooting error code thing has recently come up as of Friday for the slides. May or may not help you but it's currently what is available and new. |
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Budward
Senior Member
Joined: 21 Apr 2014 Location: SC/NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 438 |
Posted: 15 Jun 2014 at 5:46pm |
 I posted a few weeks back about no manual on the Schwintek slide and how I searched one out online before I needed it http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723&KW=slide&PID=45352&title=creating-an-instruction-maintenance-manual#45352 Just got back from a week of r-pod-ing and my 179 slide made a strange sound this morning while retracting it- need to go check it out now that I'm home- did NOT want to put it back out to check while on the road. |
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2014 179
Towed by a 2015 Ford Transit Diesel Supervised by a German/Aussie mix and a Labradoodle! |
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 14 Jun 2014 at 2:40pm |
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It sounds like it may be the same slide used in the Lance campers, there has been problems with theirs. If it's the same you need to cut two by fours to brace it while traveling if it is broken. And theirs is difficult to push closed manually. I agree the old style with a manual crank sounds a lot less complicated fewer problems. Wonder why Forest River has made the change it sounds like it may be a higher priced slide there must be some advantages.
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2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018-
2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
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CO_PILOT
Newbie
Joined: 21 Sep 2013 Location: Longmont, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 21 |
Posted: 14 Jun 2014 at 11:32am |
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The video presenter ends with the phrase "Just that easy." Sheesh, sure it's 'easy' - on a prepared display unit sitting at eye level. In the real world, say, on the road in the rain at night, that demo guy would have needed a ladder, flashlight, and three hands to find the little screw to disengage the motor etc etc. Also, cryptic flashing codes from the controller module likely impossible to deal with while standing on ones head bent under the counter or wherever they've hidden it. I'll take the "old-style" manual, mechanical screw device on my RP-178 thank you. |
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2014 R-Pod 178 -- 2012 Honda Pilot
Roadwise Wisdom for both Bikers and Froggers alike: http://www.dansher.com/bikequotes.html |
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kymooses
Senior Member
Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 3:38pm |
This system and the video and any information here is for the 179 slideout only. It is the only slideout of it's type in any Rpod at this time. Every other Pod somewhere in your slide in a cabinet or somewhere under the fridge etc will have a manual option on it. Takes the same size socket as your stabilizers. Some can even use their stabilizer crank to do it manually. Others are a more tight fit and need other tools.
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1446 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 2:33pm |
Well I'm not going to speculate on what's in your 177 but my 2010 176 has something totally different too -- an under the slide motor with a worm gear and a horizontal track. You turn a hex head with a wrench or drill to manually move the slide in or out if the motor fails. This looks a lot easier -- if you know how to do it. Apparently this is new just to the 179s. I hope I never have to deal with manually getting my slide in (or out). It looks like it will take some contortion while lying on my back or belly and it will take a while. I don't think the screw lines up too well for easy turning. I think it takes the same size socket or wrench as the stabilizers and lug nuts. TT |
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2010 176
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MoggerPod
Newbie
Joined: 01 Apr 2014 Location: Durango, Co Online Status: Offline Posts: 11 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 11:56am |
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The system shown in the video is not even close to what is in my 2014 177.
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Brad & Laura B.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp 
Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 11:22am |
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I'm going to add this discussion to the Manual.
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