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Water leaking in slide when hauling

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Topic: Water leaking in slide when hauling

Posted By: devro
Subject: Water leaking in slide when hauling
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2018 at 8:11am

My 2014 178 developed a new problem:

When I am towing, and it's raining I am getting water inside the trailer.

The water is running to the inside of the slide on a slide runner? It is dripping off the forward corner of the trim that is just below the right side of the refrigerator and above the netted storage under the fridge.

It leaks quite a lot: just an hour or so of hauling in a medium rain will put about 3/4 inch of water in a 3 quart pan.

I can not figure out how the water is getting in. When the slide is closed the seals look to be sealed. I have always kept the seal rubber conditioned with 303.

I do notice the bottom of the slide seems to pull up tighter to the outside wall than the top of the slide.

Any ideas?

Thanks, JIM

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JIM

Replies:

Posted By: Thompsda
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2018 at 8:56am

is the rubber gasket around the slide in good condition? and is it flipped in or out? not sure if that even makes a difference but I believe it should be flipped outward, I could be mistaken.

Posted By: devro
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2018 at 2:46pm

As far as I can tell the gasket is in very good shape.

I guess I'm going to take a high pressure water hose to it and see if I can force water through it.

I don't know what else to do, everything looks good, but obviously something is not.

Thanks

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JIM

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2018 at 2:52pm

I would stick with hose on Jet or full not a high pressure hose, water could go where you don't want it and mislead.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: devro
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2018 at 3:20pm

Yes, just a garden hose with a nozzle.

Thanks

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JIM

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2018 at 3:38pm

Cool

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."