The bottom rubber ( 2 in flap ) on my off door slide destroys itself when the flap comes in on top of the slide rollers.It only took a year for us and the rubber was torn at the roller locations to a point that you could see the sun shining in.I just replaced the rubber and don't want it to happen again.Checked under the rubber of a new 2014 Landmark and now they have a piece of metal sort of over the rollers but can't see how this would work.Has anyone had similar experiences with this slide rubber?
Possible Design Flaw
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murry135
New York Chapter Leaders - retired
Yes I have had the same problem on my Key Largo. Solution was to install new rubber trip and mount it a bit lower than the original. AThe original sounds like it was installed to high and is getting caught on rollers when rolling in slide. It worked for us.
TravelTiger
Founding Texas-West Chapter Leaders-Retired
Thanks for the reply and I did think of lowering the entire rubber but the only thing is the bubble rubber won't line up with the bubble rubber on the outside of the slide .When its closed I guess they would make a tight seal but maybe that's not important.I may lower the seal as the double pieces I installed at the rollers may stress the slide.I wish someone would explain the metal covers at the rollers on the 2014s
davebennington
Senior Member
I replaced all of the rubber sweeps as well as the "D" seals on our unit. I did not find out until later that there are different sizes of slide sweeps. Call Heartland customer service, have your vin number handy and I believe they will get you the right one, they did for me.
dave
dave
Murry135... I used your suggestion and reinstalled the rubber seal a bit lower and now it works fine with no damage to the rubber.The seal is also high enough there are no gaps at the bottom of slide.Thanks so much for your solution.
