If your rv slide out awning is equipped with an air bladder use the internal air pump and flip the switch to on to inflate and add tension to the fabric.
How to tighten slide out awning.
Be very careful there is a lot of tension on the arm.
How do you tighten up slideout awnings that are sagging.
Companion awnings shade windows and doors and slideout covers keep dirt and debris out of the workings of an rv s sliding extensions.
How to adjust the spring tension on your retractable screen.
Usually takes 2 people.
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.
Dear jim well it depends on the size and make of your slide topper.
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Run slide in about 12.
Remove end cap or mount.
Tightening will depend on which awning you have.
If the spring is not broken you can with great caution unbolt the arm.
When looking at the awning the bracket brace support arm on your right will be the side that connects to the roller spring.
The awning over my slideout is sagging on one end but the other end is tight as both ends should be.
Facing the awning the arm on the left has the rewind spring.
Make sure it will not fall out.
Before doing this contact carefree and find out how many turns it takes to tighten the roller spring.
Roll up topper on roller.
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Is there a way to adjust the tension on the end of the awning.
On my carefree slide awning there are two arms on the awning one on each end.
Roller should now be free of mounting hardware.
Many if not most slide toppers have only one spring which is probably the side that is tight.
Adjusting slide topper awnings is fairly simple.
The roller has a spring in it.
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Step 5 push the foam pieces up and under the bottom lip of the awning to provide further support and tension to the fabric if needed.
Look for the pin hole near end of roller.
With great ease turn the arm counter clock wise.
Depending on the make and model there is a different method to adjust the tension.
Put a cotter pin in the hole.
