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abe1759ca

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Posted: 04/25/08 07:00pm

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i was just wondering do you wash your 5vr with slide open or closed. are you worried about water getting in if slides are open.

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Posted: 04/25/08 07:03pm

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its just like rain,,, keep them open and wash the slides also.

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Posted: 04/25/08 07:43pm

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If you use the kind of RV wash that contains wax, will this reduce the friction wear on the seals?
That is what I have been doing, thinking that it might help lengthen the life of the rubber seals around the slide-out. Don't know if it is helping, but due to this I am washing the trailer with the slides out and I haven't had any problems, yet...

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Posted: 04/25/08 08:05pm

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I have been washing the 5er with slides out for the last 3 years.

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Posted: 04/25/08 08:19pm

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if you did not have the slides out how would you wash the sides?

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Posted: 04/25/08 08:42pm

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Actually I do both. I pull them in so I can clean and wax the area above them and then put them out to clean the sides themselves.

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Posted: 04/25/08 09:39pm

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Posted By: jeaelectric on 04/25/08 08:19pm

if you did not have the slides out how would you wash the sides?

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not be funny, i would still use a hose with water coming out of it

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Posted: 04/26/08 03:55am

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I usually wash it with the slide in since I do it on the street in front of our house. I clean the 2 ends and top about once a year when we're camping. The slide really doesn't get very dirty since it's in most of the time during storage.

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Definitely, they have to be washed also.

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