Opie812
Port Washington, WI
New Member
Joined: 06/28/2009
View Profile
 Offline
|
On my PUP the roller in the back wall of the camper is bad. So when I go to push the bed back in I have to lift slightly to get the little bit of bed droop to clear the back wall.
05 Trailblazer EXT 4.6L
1984 Jayco Jaycardinal 14
|
ejbrandley
Entirely too young to be a
Senior Member
Joined: 06/18/2007
View Profile
Offline
|
aeohio wrote:With out pup one of the bunks went across the door opening. There was a cureved peice of metal that allowed the bunk to go up into the opening on the other side of the door. Well the kids would some times take the curved peice of metal out because well a 2 year old and one year old can do this. anyway if they did it then when I slid the bunk in the corner would drop down and hit the side of the dooe frame and not go into the opening it was supposed to thus would not close. Could be something as simple as this.
Hmmmmm this sounds odly familar on my old starcraft always needed 2 people to push in the front bunk
TV 1997 GMC SUBURBAN, 92 Mustang Rag Top
1986 34ft Nomad
Eric 33,Tammi 39,Anthony 14,Julia 12,Jason 11,Briana 8,Ashley 6,Robert 4
|
nfisherman
IL
Full Member
Joined: 04/17/2005
View Profile
Offline
|
When it happened in my Starcraft, I noticed that the aluminum channel on the wood bunk end had slipped off of the wood. This made the bunk end too wide to fit in the tracks on the trailer. I worked the channel back onto the wood and added several 1/2 inch sheet metal screws through the channel and into the wood. I haven't any problems since then.
|
springoflife
Butler, PA
Full Member
Joined: 06/15/2005
View Profile
|
On my Jayco, there are pole brackets and Bungee loops mounted to the underside of the bunkend plywood. When I push the bunkends back in, they tend to snag on the camper wall. I have to lift up (about 1/8") in order to clear it. Try looking at the camper wall, and see if something underneath the bunkend wood is hitting.
|
bobcouch
Southeast Texas
Senior Member
Joined: 12/01/2008
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club
Offline
|
Haven't had popups for years, but I did have similar problems several times with Dutchmen and with Jayco trailers.
Check the slide channels carefully for obstructions. Every time it happened to me, it was something in the slide - from loose screws to a broken nylon stop. Once, even a pecan that had somehow managed to fall from the tree we were parked under, slip past the canvas and lodge itself in the slide! Still haven't figured out how that happened. 
Bob and Honey Couch
Miniature dachshunds Tinker and Dusty
2008 Keystone Everest
2007 Dodge MegaCab w/ 5.9 Cummins
|
|
|
4runnerguy
Glenwood Springs, CO
Senior Member
Joined: 03/10/2003
View Profile
Offline
|
Check the "back-saver" mechanism (where the poles are attached to the bed). We've had the lever that makes the mechanism work get bent a little too much and it was catching on the PUP box when we tried to push it in. Not easy to detect, as just a little too much bend is all it takes.
Ken & Allison
2 Camping Cats (1 diabetic)
1996 4Runner, TRD Supercharger, Edelbrock headers
2007 Fleetwood Arcadia, Honda EU2000i
4 mountain bikes, 1 canoe, 4 tents, 8 sleeping bags, 2 backpacks
(You get the idea!)
|
Serenlyretired
San Fransisco Bay area
Senior Member
Joined: 05/18/2007
View Profile
Offline
|
I find on the "king" bed end it is difficult to do this alone as if it does not go in perfectly straight it stops. Possible but definitely harder alone. However usually it is because something inside is causing a blockage.
|
oakmandan
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Senior Member
Joined: 10/23/2007
View Profile
Offline
|
I would remove the mattress, and pull it all the way out. I would then have someone else slowly push is back in while you watch the tracks every inch of the way. This may help you find what it is catching on.
Good Luck, that sucks!
Dan
Dan and Janelle
Lily and Sherman the smelly Bassets
2005 Ford Escape XLT, AWD, V-6
1994 Skamper 22C Plan D
Nights camped in 2008 .... 16
Nights camped in 2009 .... 26
|
Guest
USA
Senior Member
Joined: 08/02/2004
View Profile
Offline
|
You're probably smarter than me, but when this happened to me all I had to do was pull the beds back out, stow the DOOR on the ceiling, and push the bed back in!!
But I'll suggest it anyways, just in case you're NOT smarter than me!
|
K_and_I
North Central Ohio
New Member
Joined: 03/25/2008
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club
Offline
|
Another possibility for a large bunk- the plywood bunk bottom is only 4' wide. On my pop-up, there is a 1/4" thick piece of plywood used to hold the splice on the 3/4" bunk bottom together. If I'm not careful, that 1/4" plywood will catch the back wall and stop the bunk from sliding in. A little lift up gets it over.
K_and_I
2008 Rockwood HW276
Nights Camped in 2009: 18
Do we have time for shortcuts?
|
|
|
