How To Tighten Awning Over Slide Out

Adjusting slide topper awnings is fairly simple.

How to tighten awning over slide out.

I had my slide out awnings installed by the dealer lakeshore rv. And i ve called and left a message still awaiting the return. Roll the awning back up to observe how tight it is. In order to get the awning up and stable the tension needs to be adjusted to get the fabric taut.

The slight slack allows water to puddle then as the puddle gets bigger. The roller has a spring in it. 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. Dear jim well it depends on the size and make of your slide topper.

If you are satisfied move on. Thanks for submitting your question on our ask an rv question page. Just like that your awning is back in action. During regular use of your rv the awning fabric and slide in the awning tube causing alignment is.

Roll up topper on roller. You do not need to put the screws back in. How do you tighten up slideout awnings that are sagging. Make sure it will not fall out.

Here is brad taylor showing how to adjust an awning fabric. Only rotate the legs one or two turns at a time and don t do more than 4 or 5 total. The last step is to reinstall the rv awning. Different rv makers use different awning systems.

Run slide in about 12. Depending on the make and model there is a different method to adjust the tension. However perhaps someone here knows how to tighten the slide out awning. If you over tighten the spring it will break.

If not then repeat the previous steps. Look for the pin hole near end of roller. Many if not most slide toppers have only one spring which is probably the side that is tight. Step 5 re install awning.

Put a cotter pin in the hole. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the end of the awning. Roller should now be free of mounting hardware. Usually takes 2 people.

Remove end cap or mount. 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. You ll be sitting cool in the shade.

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.