[pairodice]

Thanks for the info Gnawrocki1 and Richard!  I talked to Newell and they indicated that the when extending the room it would push up against the HWH block normally and then allow the bottom of the room to continue out. That would mean there would be pressure on the ‘stop’ part of the ‘bracket’ for lack of a better term (the part that has the hole in it for the pin to slide into on the slide room).
I’m planning to pull the long metal piece that hides all the wiring/hydraulic hoses off today since the slide room metal tubing is all rusty up there and will have a go at prepping/painting all of that (as long as I have it apart).
I will also work on getting the hoses to reach where they need to - I just can’t imagine why they would change their length…
Also I’m going to measure on the outside of the slide room between the centers of the outer pin holes to make sure that the inner pin holes and also their distance from the sides of the slide… I don’t want to have to weld this again :-(
Hopefully someone will learn from my mistakes:
1) do NOT remove the brackets from the slide room - just bang them as flat as possible and re-weld them! (I’m such an idiot sometimes)
2) hire a friend that knows how to weld properly :-)
3) make sure to go SLOW when welding so heat does not build up in the slide seal (this was NOT a lesson I had to learn) We used a heavy piece of angle iron to protect the slide seal when welding and that helped to dissipate heat
4) do not try to add ‘gussets’ to the back of the HWH block mount or the back of the bracket with the hole in it (if you have to remove the bracket/block… this will make the outer pin hole not match up! (Don’t ask how I know this - luckily no holes in the roof!)