However perhaps someone here knows how to tighten the slide out awning.
How to tighten awning over slide out.
It s best to have three people for this job.
You ll be sitting cool in the shade.
In order to get the awning up and stable the tension needs to be adjusted to get the fabric taut.
Different rv makers use different awning systems.
Two people will handle the awning arms one at each end while another one will feed the cord into your awning rail.
Dear jim well it depends on the size and make of your slide topper.
Make sure it will not fall out.
If you over tighten the spring it will break.
Is there a way to adjust the tension on the end of the awning.
Usually takes 2 people.
I had my slide out awnings installed by the dealer lakeshore rv.
The awning over the big living room slide collects water because there is not enough tension to keep a constant slope.
How do you tighten up slideout awnings that are sagging.
Only rotate the legs one or two turns at a time and don t do more than 4 or 5 total.
During regular use of your rv the awning fabric and slide in the awning tube causing alignment is.
Step 5 re install awning.
The roller has a spring in it.
If you are satisfied move on.
Put a cotter pin in the hole.
Run slide in about 12.
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Depending on the make and model there is a different method to adjust the tension.
Roll the awning back up to observe how tight it is.
And i ve called and left a message still awaiting the return.
Roll up topper on roller.
Look for the pin hole near end of roller.
Just like that your awning is back in action.
The last step is to reinstall the rv awning.
Many if not most slide toppers have only one spring which is probably the side that is tight.
Remove end cap or mount.
Here is brad taylor showing how to adjust an awning fabric.
Adjusting slide topper awnings is fairly simple.
You do not need to put the screws back in.
If not then repeat the previous steps.
The slight slack allows water to puddle then as the puddle gets bigger.
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.
