The roller has a spring in it.
How to tighten slide out awning.
Make sure it will not fall out.
Facing the awning the arm on the left has the rewind spring.
On my carefree slide awning there are two arms on the awning one on each end.
Usually takes 2 people.
Depending on the make and model there is a different method to adjust the tension.
Loosen the left arm pull it out just enough to clear the slide.
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If the spring is not broken you can with great caution unbolt the arm.
Put a cotter pin in the hole.
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.
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With great ease turn the arm counter clock wise.
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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.
Before doing this contact carefree and find out how many turns it takes to tighten the roller spring.
When looking at the awning the bracket brace support arm on your right will be the side that connects to the roller spring.
Roll up topper on roller.
Be very careful there is a lot of tension on the arm.
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Run slide in about 12.
Dear jim well it depends on the size and make of your slide topper.
Tightening will depend on which awning you have.
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.
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Remove end cap or mount.
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Is there a way to adjust the tension on the end of the awning.
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.
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Look for the pin hole near end of roller.
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