'07 3124 Rear Bed Slide

During the first trip out, The only problem was very small. On the 2d day I noticed that the left arm of the rear slide out bed was out of it's slot and hanging free. I don't know when it happened and there seemed to be no problem from the inside.
I put it back in place by removing a plastic strip to allow it to go back in place. I see the root cause seems to be excessive clearance at the end of the arm's pin when it is in the fully open position. This excessive clearance goes away when the bed is in the stowed position. I plan to add extra washers to take up this clearance, but wonder if this will cause a binding condition in the stowed position.
I would have already tried this, but haven't pulled it out of garage to open it back up yet.
My question is is there another problem that is causing this such as the bed not level or installed correctly?

[Virginia Deacon]

You might want to take a picture and e-mail it to TrailManor's Customer Service rep (Ed Lytle <edlytle@trailmanor>) with your question.

One of the supports on our 2006 TM was missing a spacer. Ed quickly sent us the spacer and a couple washers, so I could correct the problem myself.

[commodor47]

I have a similar situation with our TM bed. If you look closely at the number of and position of washers, you might be able to detect that the left arm support washers are not in the same position (in relation to the plastic track) as the washers on the right support arm. My left (street side) arm washers are out of position (when the bed is slid out) . . . there are too many poking above the plastic track. Over time, that end of the plastic track has developed an elongated indentation. The bed will not close unless I push up on the area near the support arm which causes the washers to fall back into position (and relieves any stress). The solution is to replace the plastic track. Our TM dealer has ordered a replacement track from the factory. Replacing the damaged track should be an easy change out.

So how did our track get damaged in the first place? I believe it happened when I inadvertently pushed up on the bed end, before it was completely opened. That bed is heavy!! It nearly fell off the side rails. I think one side of the plastic track got damaged when I reset the bed on the side rails. At that point, the support arm washers may have shifted, causing the bed to be slightly tilted, which in turn caused the elongation in the plastic track.

Our TM is closed up. If it will help, I can send you or post here, pictures of the plastic track.

Thank you for the information. Your description of the slide was great. I won't need any pictures.