179 Manual Slide Out Operation?
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Topic: 179 Manual Slide Out Operation?
Posted By: J-Cat
Subject: 179 Manual Slide Out Operation?
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 10:49am
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Does anyone know where the mechanism to manually operate the slide out on a 179 is located? ------------- Jerry & Cathy 2015 RP-179 HRE 2013 Tacoma SR5 4x4 |
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Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 7:23pm
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Without checking the layout of the 179, it is probably on the right, as you look at the slide from the inside, behind one of the panels just above the floor. It won't hurt to take that panel off to see what's there anyway. Worst case you'll get a bit of an education and will have to take off another panel. TT ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 9:31am
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Uhm there is no manual crank for your 179 because it is a different slide. You have to disengage the slideout motor from the outside and then push your slideout in. This information and the video of how to do it was provided by Forest River. [url\https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojUdPDWNS0&list=PLWPLWpc5h68EOSqx8JhhL0HXty8570W6x[/url\
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Posted By: Nomad2010
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 10:58am
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I was curious about how to bring the slide in manually if there was no power so watching the utube video was very helpful. ------------- Scott & Kim The Mountains are calling and a Podding we must go! |
Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2014 at 2:17pm
Very interesting. Sorry for the misinformation. This looks easier than the mechanism on my 176, if you know how to do it. It looks impossible to figure out without a manual or some type of foreknowledge though! TT ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2014 at 8:28am
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Yup I was really surprised at it as well. So far it doesn't seem to be a process that dealers are telling new owners about. Thankfully Forest River clued some of us in on the process. ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: J-Cat
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2014 at 9:44pm
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Thanks for the Youtube link, it was very informative and the equipment and controller they show appears to match my 179. I had no idea the drive motors on the slide were that small. I will probably never have to manually close the slide in this fashion but it is sure nice to know how to do it should the need arise. It is a shame that this type of information is not readily provided by the dealer or with the literature that comes with the trailer. There was also another interesting video link showing how to lubricate the Schwintek slide system: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KbVRFMo1Rg ------------- Jerry & Cathy 2015 RP-179 HRE 2013 Tacoma SR5 4x4 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2014 at 11:22am
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I'm going to add this discussion to the Manual. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: MoggerPod
Date 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. ------------- Brad & Laura B. Durango, CO 2014 RP177HRE |
Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date 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 ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: kymooses
Date 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. ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: CO_PILOT
Date 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. ------------- 2014 R-Pod 178 -- 2012 Honda Pilot 
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Posted By: David and Danette
Date 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. ------------- 2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018- 2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
Posted By: Budward
Date 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. ------------- 2014 179 Towed by a 2015 Ford Transit Diesel Supervised by a German/Aussie mix and a Labradoodle! |
Posted By: kymooses
Date 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. uploads/598/Schwintek_Manual_Override_Instructions.pdf - uploads/598/Schwintek_Manual_Override_Instructions.pdf ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: Lemonhead
Date 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 |
Posted By: Lemonhead
Date 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.
------------- Anna and Kevin |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2014 at 3:30pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojUdPDWNS0&list=PLWPLWpc5h68EOSqx8JhhL0HXty8570W6x - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojUdPDWNS0&list=PLWPLWpc5h68EOSqx8JhhL0HXty8570W6x ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: hammockmadness
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2015 at 6:47am
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Here are some great videos that Lippert did with maintenance and operational information for the Schwintek slide system. Lubrication of the mechanism: http://youtu.be/8KbVRFMo1Rg Manual override: http://youtu.be/bGL4aILZYcY Retiming: http://youtu.be/hSafAnjxIV4
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Posted By: pnwcamper
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2015 at 10:40am
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This photo is from my 2014 177 and was taken from the inside looking into the slide-out. I was laying on the floor. I assume this is the manual slide-out control one would use for opening or closing the slideout if the battery control stopped working?  ------------- 2014 R-Pod 177 2009 Toyota Tacoma Access Cab 4.0 V6 |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2015 at 11:11am
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Yes.
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Posted By: SqueakyToy17
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2017 at 11:15pm
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Posted By: HuronSailor
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2017 at 2:57pm
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About halfway through this video is the info on how to do a manual override. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojUdPDWNS0&index=1&list=FL7YzWO_vq5NshlSV-QE7Yfw&t=8s ------------- .: Mark & Beth :: Silverado 5.3L :: 2018 rPod 180 :. |
Posted By: spydie
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2017 at 11:37pm
I don't think My 2018 rpod 176 has this gear driven rail. It has a kind of a "worm" squiggly line on the outside rails that I think are being driven? I wonder if that's the same as the 179? ------------- 2018 R-pod 176 2017 RAM 1500 5.7L Hemi 
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Posted By: togidogi
Date Posted: 13 May 2018 at 4:15pm
| https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=how+to+access+r-pod+slider+controller+when+slider+is+in+and+blocking+access+to+ottoman&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 - how to access r-pod slider controller when slider is in and blocking access to ottoman , 2015 179. Battery charged, on shore power, fuses good, breaker good. would love to get the slider out to give my poor wife a bit more room. "jumping" truck battery to r-pod battery does not help |
Posted By: Gualalapod
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2021 at 9:57am
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We have a 2015 179. When you enter the door, there is switch to the right (next to bathroom door). It's white and says slide in/out. ------------- Gualalapod owner |
Posted By: JR
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2021 at 10:22am
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What is your question? You have added to an old thread and I am not sure what your question is. The white switch by the bathroom door operates the dinette slide out, as the switch indicates in or out if there is 12v juice available. You may want to try this link for more details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojUdPDWNS0&list=PLWPLWpc5h68EOSqx8JhhL0HXty8570W6x%5b/url%5C - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xojUdPDWNS0&list=PLWPLWpc5h68EOSqx8JhhL0HXty8570W6x[/url\ Hope this helps you ------------- Jay 179/2019 |