BAL Accuslide Slide-Out Repair
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Certified Mobile RV Technician, Darren Koepp, walks you through replacing a cable and tightening everything up on this BAL Accuslide slide-out system in this customers RV.
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This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for filming this.
Excellent video on cable repair and adjustments , thank you for sharing your knowledge with us RVers.
thank you so much for posting this. This is the first video you have produced that I have watched and I could not be more complimentary. My slide out chatters as it goes in so I am going to be looking at the adjustments. Thanks again!!
Darren- THANK YOU for this tutorial and the BAL link! You really make working on these so much easier and less intimidating! I have to replace my gear l ox on my 2015 Outback and know i now need to adjust my other slides shuttles and tension! I use to be scared of touching these cables and adjusters but not anymore thanks to you!
Thank you, this is very helpful. I am pretty mechanical and can fix almost anything but it took this video for me to finally understand how this works. I really enjoy your channel.
Another great video Darren. Thank you! At 24:55 and again at 31:20 that is a cable crimp ferrule. (I’ve used them for rigging outboard motor steering setups)
Have a great weekend.
Your a wealth of Rv repair knowledge. Thanks for sharing/teaching those of us who care to never stop learning.
Wat is a drop floor?
First time 2011 trail runner camper owner learning a lot and helping my neighbors here at the RV Park thank you for your videos
Great Stuff.. As former Tradesman (Electrician and Appliance Repair Tech) these are fun to watch, interesting and a learning experience. #RV #Repairs #Learn #Fun #DIY
My 5th wheel does not use the cable system, but I found this video to be an EXCELLENT tutorial. If I come across someone having problems, I will know what to look for. Thank you Darren. Keep up the GREAT work!!!
Fantastic video. I looked at my cable system and saw my turn buckles were starting to twist and hitting. You saved my bacon!!! I will now adjust them for proper operation. BIG THANKS to you 😃
bookmarked, thank you for sharing, I have exactly the same system in my fifth wheeler, so far so good everything works ok, but I was in the dark about how the system works, thanks to you sir, now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
great job Darren, i for one love when people take the time to explain things in a way that can make sense to everyone. this kind of information often times is difficult to find or interpret.
Thanks for the information. My Northland trailer slide out began experiencing or producing a loud banging noise when being deployed (out) and upon return (in). I don’t have the skill set to make the adjustments or repairs, but I now have a good understanding of what’s involved and needs be done…
Great vid Darren! I've tinkered with mine over the past 8 yrs and actually spoke to the guy from Bal many yrs ago since Keystone didn't have mine adjusted properly. The keepers jam nuts weren't tight and they collided once but I caught it in time and stopped when I heard a funny sound. 2013 BHPR31 which I think is the EXACT SAME CAMPER in your vid!
Excellent video. Excellent presentation. Thank you. Subbed.
In case nobody mentioned it yet the cable end pieces are “ferrules” and using “cable clamps” you never saddle a dead 🐎 👍👍👍
Fantastic video. Thanks again Darren
Thank you for a great video on slide adjustments. I can work on most items that being said I was lost until I saw your video. Grate job explaining the way to adjust cables
Thanks for your help and support
I have watched a few of your videos, so far very informative, and helpful. These systems are designed to "amp out" as you say. you can and should hold the switch until it stops completely. At that point the cables should have 1 inch of slack. The gearboxes do fail but normally it is because of overtightening, not over running the room, although we did have a recall on many older gearboxes. The jam nuts were most likely the original problem, but the foam nuts are also missing on the 3/8 cable adjusters. They keep the cables from loosening. Great job!
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Thanks! This video is clear and concise. Now I am confident I can fix my own!
Very clear, and made total sense!! Even when he wasn’t sure if he was being clear.
Great video, I have had all kinds of problems from frayed broken cables to binding from adjustment issues. Thanks for sharing. I'm still trying to figure out the whole thought process on the manufacturing of these types of slides. I miss my old gear driven slide. They were Rock solid trouble free.
Have you added the rollers underneath?
@@kensint0wn674 I know there are rollers installed under the slides resessed into the camper floor. Are these the rollers your referring too?
I was pulling a new cable through the wall today and my wife suggested I use fishing line to cinch the "chinese finger cuff" material to the old cable. Use a slip knot to get it started then wrap liberally. It'll stay flexible and will not add bulk to the wire like tape does. Provided material held the new cable with no problem, but the old it would not hold. Also used 8lb line to hold back all the frayed wire ends after cutting. Had no problem pulling it through.
I found those no mar scrapers at harbor freight and they were a game changer for many applications.
Wow, thanks for that and now I am sure that I can get to all the parts, inspect, and maintain them, and if they need to be adjusted or replaced , I will be able to do that!!
Thank you so much. Very informative. Learned a ton and very appreciative of your efforts.
Thanks for the video. I just adjusted my cables. The nuts backed off on the eyebolt through the blocks and was hanging up on each other when I pulled the slide in. Took some slack out of the left side cables and problem solved.
Great video! Very informative! Glad that I found you!
Excellent explanation and detailed video. Stay safe buddy. Crazy Canuck again
absolutely incredible video....great job.....thanks!
Excellent video, thanks for posting.
I have needed to know how to adjust the slide for a long time and now I know. Thank you
I now know how a cabled slide works and realize the need for yearly maintenance on such a system due to stretching of the cable. Thanks for the video
I should have watched your video 1st, would have saved me a lot of head scatching. And your right, top out, bottom in. Made my head swim, you made it look simple. Thanks alot
Nice, pretty straight forward. Didn't know cables slides didn't Amp out/or didn't have a clutch. Vs schwinteks. Good to know. Thanks again darren
Great video! I'm replacing my gearbox and now I know why it broke - DROP FLOOR! I'll make sure to do what you've suggested when I'm adjusting the cables after the box has been replaced.
Glad I was able to help. Just make sure that there's plenty of slack in those cables since they're transitioning the drop floor. That's where I see most of the issues with these gearboxes the cables are too tight.
How did you know your gear box went bad. Any noises?
Those little "lead" pieces are crimp ferrules. Great video fixing multiple problems.
You are an awesome teacher
Great video and fantastic information. Many thanks.
Incredible! Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I learned a lot about it. I have a very similar model of travel trailer. Now I'm going to see why my slide out isn't extending! Thanks.
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You are really good, wish you lived in Maryland. Thanks for all the videos..
Wow, I got into a mess with my slide system like that on our Passport. The slide itself became crooked and I had to take the chain off of the gear so I could try to square the slide box and then try to work on the cables. What a mess! I enjoyed this video. thank you .
Yes, these systems certainly are finicky. There was more to the video but I cut it out because it was going longer. But, I did have to jump the chain on the sprocket one notch to get the chain to Center. I didn't show all that part.
best tutorial I've seen, makes it easy for us not so smart guys
Great video I'm ready to do my cable and adjustments
Great video thanks for all the great insite
Super info I just recently visited this area of our 2009 Open Range. Now I can bing watch🥴 And nothing like Super 33+ for everything and in the Primary transmission line work (high voltage) which I was fortunate enough to have survived we called those crimping gizmos crimps🤷♂️. I think they who ever they were tried to keep it simple for guys like me 🤦♂️. Thanks again andI am subscribed!
Thanks for watching, enjoy the videos. We have more coming out. What I'm finding is those little crimp things are called different things from the different trades LOL.
Fantastic video!!!!!!!!
Job well done! Thank you Sir 👍🏼
Very informative on a slide system that I had no idea how the system functioned. When did the piece of sponge come into play?
Awesome video.
Great info as usual. One thought though, I understand using the tape to mark where the ferrule goes, but I think using heat shrink tubing for wrapping the ragged ends of the cable would last longer than the tape. It could slide over the tape as well. Or maybe that's one step to many. Just a thought.
Great idea
Amazing video. Thank you Darren! Like 1.7K+
Great video! Ferrule is the name. Thanks! 😀
Watched your video. Loved it thank you so much. Really helped my understanding of how the slide works. I got wondering where does the 12V wire run to power the light fixture under the slide ceiling??
Please do not say does this make sense I wouldn’t want to tell you how many times you used it on your show you do a terrific job love to watch you work you’re very knowledgeable great camerawork see you next time🙏🏻
Great video - thank you!
Great to see, thanks for sharing.
Awesome job n thanks for a great information
Great info Darren. Just subd your channel and might possibly be making a trip up that way with my Keystone Bullet.
Great video. If I cannot get our systems fixed before we reach Washington State we will be emailing you. A major company repair person in Whitehorse was saying he would need to remove the complete slide assembly because the cable broke and we could no see it. Just need a couple of tools. Thanks again.
Excellent video. I just watched a tech replace my cable. Learn how because this will ruin your day if yours breaks and you can't find someone to repair. My goal is to fix the next one ( hope it doesn't happen).
Great video! But skipped over the last part to get the slide room bottom in. That's the part I needed
Nice Job!
You’re really talented
Well thank you for that. If I can just get my kids to clean their room I'll be walking on water LOL
Very informative. I just bought a new trailer with 4 slides, all cable type. I found 3 cables, two on one side of one slide, one on another that were frayed about 18" back from the outside bracket. What the heck would be the cause of that? Waiting on the cables to come in so they can replace them, but 3 cables on two slides frayed at the same place seems very odd
Extremely well done video! Made it clear and understandable. I'm new to RV's and now understand how the slide out system works. Nice job!
Great video! I was thinking you could’ve just used your red and blue markers both to make purple.
Very good video. I learned a lot. Not sure if I will do more than inspect and tweak as needed, but now I have a much better understanding of how my slide room works. Thanks for the well-done lesson. A question: my slide room is squealing as it travels. Any suggestions on how to lube the tracks to smooth things out?
We've had very good results with CRC Power Lube with PTFE. Gain access to the pulley wheels. Here is a link on Amazon for the product.
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Really nice video and alinement of in/out cables. I learn that I really do not want this type system. Let me give you a hint if you do not mind. My wife is from Washington State so I would bet you would have an ideal where my first trip is going to be after I purchase my motorhome. I will have to look up your number if my motorhome have this type of slide system. if you get a call
for slide problem from a person named Jeff from Alabama you will know what it will be about lol. Thanks so much for the video !
Very good video
I purchased a used fifth wheel that uses three of these slides but the kitchen one hangs up a bit on the bottom floor and the in chain hangs down. I was afraid to try any adjustments and get it out of kilter. Now I understand the system better and will try to adjust it. Also I think I’ll order one or two cable kits, just in case.
I watched this because I was looking at buying a Cougar RV with this system now I know to stay away from it! Looks like they made it to fail. I love my Cardinal RV with hydraulic rack and pinion 11 yrs old and no problem. Thanks for excellent video, helped me make a no buy decision! Good job!
Thanks for the video, we have a wardrobe slide out and I was wondering how I would fix if this happened 👍
hope this helps you. Happy camping.
Great video,,,but I was surprised at the end at how much slack was in the chain.
My chain has slack like that and I thought I needed to adjust that slack out. I guess I need to actually inspect some other things. How much slack I have in the cable on the outside when it's out, and make sure my top and bottom out's are both out all the way.
For reference, I have a North trail 22FBS.
Trying to be proactive in my maintenance.
I would have liked to see you do the final adjustment for the drop floor. other than that it was an informable vid. now I have to go adjust my out cables. I have a 2 inch gap at the lower part of my slide. Thank you for the info.
There was even more that was done to this slide to make it operate correctly. I was concerned that the video is going long, and I was also losing a lot of time in the day just getting the right camera angles, so I put down the camera and got my sleeves rolled up and went to work. Sometimes when I am in the field, I don't have control of the environment where I can reshoot and take as long as I would like to get the angles. Sometimes our customers get restless too and just want the job done. LOL
@@MyRVWorks Don't get me wrong I liked the video and it was informative, I would like to see a part 2 for getting the final adjustments. I had to repair my slide due to one of the upper corner pulley bolts broke. watching you video made me notice I am not done w/ my adjustment. Thank you Erik
Thank you excellent video
Another fantastic video Darren. Highly educational. I'm wondering how can I push my slide in manually. My issues are many with this slide. Biggest 1 being the motor ripped away from a water damaged wall.
I don't have time to rebuild the wall right now and reattach the motor because I was supposed to leave this park last Wednesday. I'm already 4 days over my stay here. I'm already paying for my new spot. I have a 5 and a 1/2 hour drive. The part manager suggested that might have to just go and haul it like that. I think that is a dangerous damaging dumb suggestion. If it's not illegal already go around the road with your slides out sure should be. I'm concerned with my cables getting bound up and kicking and frying. If I just force it. just shove it in.
If you have something secure to attach to, you can use ratchet straps or a come along to pull the slide in that way and hold it in that position until you get somewhere that can repair it.
Great video, I have a slide out that did the exact same thing but my "shuttle" is messed up as well, I don't see anywhere to get this replacement part? Do you have a link for it as well?
great video Darren, my chains have broken, where's a good place to get new chains?
Good info 👍
Excellent video. Thank you. Believe I can now take on repairing the broken cable on mr BAL AccuSlide.
One question. You started to explain how to crimp the “lead connector” for the steel cable without the big industrial crimper. However you got on to something else and did not finish the explanation. Could you summarize the explanation in a reply?
Wonderful explanation, thank you! Question, will slide out awnings affect the balance of the cables? Since installing them, my slide out is digging into the floor when bringing it in. Maybe I need to adjust/tighten the bottom in and loosen the bottom out?
Yes. The added weight of slide topper awning, shade awning, and even new furniture can be enough to require an adjustment. More so when the unit is older as the cables are more likely to stretch if they've not been tightened in years. Other components - pulleys, brackets, and even the motor, can shift with added weight (or reduced weight in some instances) if the mounting screws and bolts are loose from years of vibrations.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
How do I get the slide out part way so I can reach the gearbox to replace it when gears are stripped?? Thanks!! Great video!!!
Thanks you for your quick reply
A very, very excellent tutorial! Thanks for taking us along. I do have this cable system in my 22 Arctic Wolf. The other day I put "seal conditioner" on my seals, and now both slideouts chatter and "jerk" when moving in and out, almost like something is binding. I wiped them off as well as I could, and waxed the sides of each slideout so they are smooth and slick. It's a little better, but still not right. Any ideas? Is there some type of lubricant for the slide rubber?
We have heard that baby powder wiped on the seals helps to keep them flexible. Some people will put some baby powder in a sock and wipe the seals that way.
thank you very much hope I'm has good as you when I have to do it which I do...
Very good video One question How do you tell if you have a drop floor or is all bal accu systems a drop floor
I have this slide on my RV and it works great so far as far as going in and out but my problem is my wall bulges out at the bottom on one side really bad like about two inches when the slide is in. Once its out the wall is back to normal. I need to figure out how to repair this. its like the frame is broken inside the wall or something. Any ideas?? Also the rubber trim has 8 point screws in it I can't find the tool for that to remove it.
They have come out with a newer version of cable slide setup called the EXACT SLIDE. Have you had a chance to work on one. From what I can see in the Bal video's it appears to be more serviceable? Not sure if it is any better than the Accuslide? Great video's by the way. Extremely informative with a little charisma.
Hey great video May I have the link to Tim's video on these slide outs as you mentioned you may put a link? These cable slide really are pain in the but. Thanks
Here is Tim's video from BAL: th-cam.com/video/lQWBI0gnhpI/w-d-xo.html
there seems to be different crimping tool sizes, what size cables are on the slide outs & what size crimper do i need? love your channel
Here is a link on Amazon for the complete repair kit.
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Awesome video I have a similar system that the bottom seal seal has come off leaving a gap to the inside for bugs and you name it to get in there is very little room to replace or reapply the seal what would you suggest as to a method for fixing is lifting the slide out up a method or is there a better option
Of course, the correct answer is a properly oriented, calibrated slideroom should seal properly. But, we all know in the real world that never happens LOL. When I replace the seals on the bottom I have jacked up the slide room a little bit. They do give you a little bit of play but not much depending on the system used in the mode of operation.
Awesome video. What about the styrofoam caps? Did you order some and if so, from where? Thanks again. Great stuff. So much better than someone standing in front of the camera telling me and not showing me.
I think the crimped cable sleeve is a swage. A ferrule is something that crimps a a wire or cable at the end.
Yes, I think you are correct. At the time of the video I had a brain fart and for the life of me could not think of what to call the damn thing LOL.
Got one that the bottom won't slide out thanks for explaining that
My Thomas and Betts ratchet crimp works in the overhead space
I have this exact same camper (Bullet Premier). Should the cables & chains 'always' have 'tension' on them regardless if the slides are in or out, or can they have some 'slack'?
In your opinion, and that of your extensive and comprehensive knowledge, Are there enough certified RV techs in this country. And would you be ok with another one(born and raised in TEXAS). ?
The one thing I can assure you, there has been a massive Abyss in the field of knowledgeable, trained and certified RV technicians for many years. More and more RVs are coming out of the factories daily making this Abyss even greater. This is why I chose this trade after a 25-year stint as a professional engineer. I have found it tremendously rewarding to start and operate my own business in this field and the future is looking very bright. I welcome you to explore this for yourself and if you have questions feel free to shoot me an email and I can help with some of the challenges I've had to overcome. Darren@myrvworks.com