How To Tighten Awning Over Slide Out

Dear jim well it depends on the size and make of your slide topper.

How to tighten awning over slide out.

Thanks for submitting your question on our ask an rv question page. However perhaps someone here knows how to tighten the slide out awning. If you over tighten the spring it will break. And rvs with slide outs a compartment that extends out from the main cabin providing extra living quarters are sometimes made with awnings over the slide out.

Remove end cap or mount. If not then repeat the previous steps. If you are satisfied move on. And i ve called and left a message still awaiting the return.

Step 5 re install awning. Run slide in about 12. Usually takes 2 people. You do not need to put the screws back in.

How do you tighten up slideout awnings that are sagging. Here is brad taylor showing how to adjust an awning fabric. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the end of the awning. Look for the pin hole near end of roller.

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Depending on the make and model there is a different method to adjust the tension. Roller should now be free of mounting hardware. Roll up topper on roller. The roller has a spring in it.

The awning over the big living room slide collects water because there is not enough tension to keep a constant slope. Adjusting slide topper awnings is fairly simple. The slight slack allows water to puddle then as the puddle gets bigger. Just like that your awning is back in action.

The last step is to reinstall the rv awning. Only rotate the legs one or two turns at a time and don t do more than 4 or 5 total. I had my slide out awnings installed by the dealer lakeshore rv. During regular use of your rv the awning fabric and slide in the awning tube causing alignment is.

It s best to have three people for this job. Different rv makers use different awning systems. Since you do not tell me who manufactured your slideout topper awnings it will be very hard for me to tell you how to adjust the tension on them. In order to get the awning up and stable the tension needs to be adjusted to get the fabric taut.

Put a cotter pin in the hole.