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