2015 Lifestyle Full Wall Slide Motor and Brake

DO NOT manually move the wall slide with the motor attached to electricity!

A cheap solution, NEED TWO. Thanks to my RV shop, buy some 2×4’s (or 2×6’s). With the slide wall all the way in, measure the distance from the exterior wall to the slide wall cut a piece of lumber 1/4″ shorter and place between the wall and the end of the slide wall to stop it from moving out. Which lumber to use: my wall slide sits about 2″ above the floor when retracted. I added a wedge to the top of my 2×4’s so the 2×4 would not slip under the slide wall. Cut a 4-6″ piece of 2×4 diagonally and screw it on top or a 2×6″ should work. I dressed it up with some cushioning on the ends to prevent scratches.

From experience, the brake is so strong it will brake off the manual nut. THE MOTOR IS NOT REPAIRABLE. I just did this on my second motor. I have an appointment to put in a new motor on 5/25. For some reason on returning home from winter down south my wall slide would not retract on shore power, I even changed the limit switch. All doors closed. I have an ’11 Carriage-Lite bought new. I really got into the mechanics with the last motor but didn’t want to take everything out of the basement, remove all the walls etc. this time. And it was coming in fine manually. MISTAKE, I was watching the bottom. 2″ to go and the nut let loose. New motor needed. A roving mechanic pointed out the top comes in first, so it added pressure to the manual nut. Weird thing is on a whim the next morning I had my wife try the slide and it popped right in. Mine is the Klauber K01389A350 (original B350 no longer available) $449.99 on E-bay no shipping Leisure Coach Works ($499.99 + shipping on their site), I am waiting to order the motor until the 18th as there is only a 30 day return policy. Klauber does not have this motor I talked to them.

Note other motor issues: try reversing the black and red wires if the slide does not come in, (normally motor reverses polarity to reverse); the brake has 4 bolts holding the magnet on. If you put in 3 of the bolts loosely you can force spring in the magnet onto the motor (been a long time since I did this, the spring requires many hands otherwise in a small space) or I understand if you apply power to the motor the magnet will retract the brake and it should go on easily, never done this as it seems the motor would have to be removed. Also the wires to the brake from the motor are incredibly thin and imbedded in that green electronic plastic. I’d like to know how a replacement is attached.