Prepare to Repair and Then Some

First we stopped south of Fresno to replace the equalizers [suspension system] that we just replaced with locally available but inadequate parts in late August.  This repair went well and we left without incident.

From there, we drove to a Lippert plant in Rialto CA to repair our broken slide once again.  We expected this repair to take a few hours.  One thing led to another. And another.  They had never worked on a fancy trailer like ours before.  We spent two days and nights at the plant.  Dry camped in the cul-de-sac, then sent the RV inside, while we spent our days at the local park.

Back in August, in Canada, we ran into a problem with our hydraulic slides.  As in this post.  Now, in the last month, this problem has worsened.  By time we arrived in Rialto, the problem slide was moving in and out when I raised and lowered the jacks.  And vice versa. Entertaining in a certain way, but ultimately frustrating.  So the Lippert guys spent a third day working on this problem and we went back to the local park. 

Turned out to be a leaking hydraulic pump.  Which they did not have in stock.  Lippert Central promised a new one in two weeks (!).  So we left for Tucson with the promise that Lippert would ship the part there and pay a local technician to install it.

The hydraulic pump was covered under warranty.  No cost.

The slide repair took 30 man-hours.  But the plant manager felt badly about the length of time to repair everything, as well as forcing us to camp on the street for three nights.  He didn't charge us at all!  Ha ha ha!!  I didn't ask him what it should have cost.  But I can estimate $3,000, or even $2,000 if they knew what they were doing the entire time.  Whew!!!

Have a nice day indeed!  Now if these repairs will only work.

Bruce