Ted_Dee had an issue with one of his Shwintek front living sides at our rally this spring. It got out of wack somehow. It took quite a group of Heartlanders, including Jim B calling someone he knew in Elkhart, to get it back in so he could get on the road.
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Ted's slide was his ODS front living room slide. Trouble was the Schwintek motor on the south end of the slide. We thought it was a bad control signal, pinched wire etc but we trouble-shot all everything and in the end, it seemed to be the motor.
What I learned was how to disengage the motor to allow the slide to be manually pushed in. Fortunately, the motor on the north end of the slide was good, so with 1-motor and human assist on the dead side, we were easily able to get it in.
I've loosely followed Schwintek slide matters for a few years and the personal conclusion I've drawn is they are best suited to small, lightweight slides like a sofa or bed slide or maybe a larger slide without kitchen appliances.
That said, I'm sure this system comes in different motor sizes for larger slides and certainly, years of experience has given the manufacturer of them (Lippert now?) great insight to them and how to improve them.