[encantotom]

hi all,

as i said, i have one of those holes on each side of my front slide.

on mine, i dont think it could be caused by being crooked.

the sensors that cause the pins to come down are the nickel sized rare earth magnets glued on the top of the slide adjacent to the pin hole. when they are directly under the sensor that is attached on mine next to the hydraulic pin then the pin goes down. there is one on each side. mine the magnet had moved. they are just superglued down.

i know some have magnets and some have some other way of detecting it and maybe on those being crooked could do it.

newell told me alot of slides have holes on the top. i filled mine with white sika and it turned out fine. newell also puts aluminum tape or something like that on top of the sealant.

i did replace the rubber bushings in my slide that the pins go in and it did stop the noise. i used the official hwh ones.

btw, some of the newer ones have a plastic bushing and does not need rubber bushings. (ask larry)

tom