Cable Slide Repair (RV Cable Slide Repair) || RV Maintenance

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RV Maintenance and RV Cable Slide Repair. This video is all about an issue we noticed on our BAL cable slide model 22305 on our fifth wheel toy hauler. Being a fulltime RVer can cause a lot of wear and tear on your rig. It's good to perform your cable slide repair by yourself.
In this video we show a very detailed process of how you replace a broken or frayed cable on your RV or trailer. This job seems quite difficult but it's actually a surprisingly easy fix! We were quoted $800-1500 from many RV dealerships to fix this issue. After doing some research, we decided to do this costly RV repair ourselves. We hope this DIY RV slide repair video saves you time and money. Don't forget to subscribe!
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@AdventureEndeavor Жыл бұрын

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@brucenewstart366 20 күн бұрын

Very helpful, you did a good job explaining how it works and how you changed it

@AdventureEndeavor 20 күн бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! We linked all the products needed in the description

@lobosdenbbqco.3918 2 ай бұрын

So I was going to get charged 900 plus tax and it cost me 19 for the cable and 36 for the crimping tool. Had a buddy help me out and we knocked it out in an hr. Thanks for a great video!!!

@AdventureEndeavor 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you got it figured out!

@iamlegend303 10 ай бұрын

Dang a rv guy was gonna fix it for 800 bucks. Good thing i saw this vid 😅

@AdventureEndeavor 10 ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! Consider purchasing the parts though or links!

@windrider65 11 ай бұрын

Glad I watched. I was going to pull my cable out, then try to put the new one in. Now I'm going to use string.

@AdventureEndeavor 11 ай бұрын

That's a good idea!

@JarheadAndGingersJourney 3 жыл бұрын

We are picking up our RV and going full time next week! So excited! Thanks for sharing.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

So exciting, congrats!

@billjones6415 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! Glad to watch a non-professional RV tech do the job. I picked up a couple of good tips.

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad you found it helpful. It wasn't that bad.

@fpvjt146 2 жыл бұрын

I'm replacing mine on the other side of the slide. I couldn't bring the slide in when I was about to leave from camping. Turned out one of the cable twines broke and when it did, it wrapped around the rest of the wire. Ended up getting stuck in the pulley where I couldn't see any of this. Couldn't bring the slide in because of it. I was lucky enough to have an impact and tools. Put the square bit into the motor and forced the wire through the pulley. Scared the heck out of me when it popped through the pulley and the slide bounced with a big pop! Thanks for making this video. Its great when we can all share instead of getting ripped off by the RV companies and their holding the trailer for a month to do a 1 - 3 hour job!

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow thats a bummer but glad you got it all sorted. Hopefully rerouting the cable isn't too bad! Good luck and thanks for watching.

@ricklarson114 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are fun to watch!

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick! This is us!😆🤣

@growingrootless7829 3 жыл бұрын

The DIY projects never end when you’re full time! Also, how randomly convenient your brothers job fit into the job! Hah

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Very true, we were lucky to be moochdocking! Thanks for watching.

@billrichcreek7272 3 жыл бұрын

Job well done, keep them coming...

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

@DavidSmith-vo3nd 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning guys, Thank you for the video. I had no idea how they could fix those Thank you so much.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome David! Definitely saved us some money! Thank you for watching!

@ikinner 2 жыл бұрын

Ah hah! I wondered what that nylon cord looking thing was. Finger cuffs! I was expecting heat shrink tubing and thought they just forgot it in the kit. That is very helpful!

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching.

@jimmiephillips1814 3 жыл бұрын

Great job guys.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmie! We appreciate you watching!👍

@denzilramsey 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Learned a lot!

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You are welcome!

@dbdoc3519 2 жыл бұрын

Good job. I have replaced cables on my 5er and friends that I know. No big deal.

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dennis! Wasn't too bad helps to have the right tools

@vdubing01 Жыл бұрын

Omg guys I'm emergency watching this trying to replace two cables. So thanks for the tips. Have you guys thought about adding rollers to the bottom of your slides. I did that one 1 slide today, made a huge difference. The cables etc aren't under a much stress. You can tell by the sound is having an easier time moving the slide. Onto replacing 2 cables on another slide and adding 5 rollers. Thanks again.

@AdventureEndeavor Жыл бұрын

That's great glad it helped! We actually switched trailers but that's a good idea.

@rubenvega1553 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the video! Very helpfull

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful Ruben! We linked the parts below as well!

@doughasson2073 3 жыл бұрын

Nice haircut Dude. Your lucky to Have Melisa as a helper.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks, Doug, she does great. She wants to learn which is awesome!

@billjones6415 2 жыл бұрын

Followed your recommendations (with a few modifications) replacing an Upper-In cable on my kitchen slide. 1) I built a "T" out of a 2X4 and set it under my slide and on a small bottle jack to support the slide out (precautionary move). 2) Before cutting the old cable, I used a vise grip plier to keep the cable from going back into the guts of the cable system. 3) After I fed the "Chinese finger cuff" over the 2 cable ends, I wrapped it with a thin layer of electrical tape. The taped cable ended up being too stiff to pass thru the rollers, so I removed the tape and only taped the leading edge of the mesh, and it went through with no problem. 4) Loved your suggestion of marking the cable with a Sharpee to know where to place the sleeve for swaging. I was doing the job solo so I used a small cable clamp to hold the looped cable so I could use 2 hands for the swaging. 5) I also wrapped the bitter end of the wire cable to keep it from fraying. I was able to stand on the kitchen island and reach all of the cable mechanism without removing the cornice.

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great bill! Hopefully our video helped a little.

@billjones6415 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureEndeavor Oh, your video was the basis of my success. I'm 80 (almost) and it was very helpful. I did find a socket wrench with a 6" extension and a universal joint was the easiest was to run the nut down to the correct tension. Also helped removing the original nut.

@edkirkland2851 3 ай бұрын

If one of your cables are failing ,after replacing it, you should be finding the root cause of the problem or else it has the potential to fail again. Nine times out of 10 it’s due to the standoff Bracket that the cable is connected to, on the outside of your box, being misaligned up or down too far, so when the room seals in the in position, the cable is riding on the aluminum extrusion of the mechanism, and acting in a seesaw manner, and fraying cable, one strand at a time. When the box is almost in the sealed position, about 6 inches away from closing, the cable should be going directly straight into the mechanism. It only has a tolerance of about 1/8 of an inch up or down from being misaligned that could cause the cable to fray. The standoff bracket has a set of slots in the backside of the bracket that would allow it to be moved up or down to align the cable to where it is running straight into the mechanism once you removed the other four screws. Once the bracket is aligned properly, make any necessary adjustments to that cable tension, so it’s not sagging. This should help prevent a future failure. Please watch downloaded videos directly from the manufacture, which is Norco industries/BAL division on there web page norcoind.com to get a step by step instructional video.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 ай бұрын

Thanks our never broke again

@neilmac4730 3 жыл бұрын

Good teamwork 👍

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! For some reason we were super scared to tackle this job. It was easy!

@neilmac4730 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureEndeavor i work on drilling rigs and use those snakes for connecting drill line together when stringing new blocks, it works great. The trick is not to tape or crimp too far up the snake or it won't function effectively. Great job.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah totally, the grease was great also!

@robertburgess6100 3 жыл бұрын

Good job guy's! We had the same problem on one of ours. I carry a spare all the time. You should to. And the tools.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert! Yeah we might have the extra supplies and tools. Pretty easy, surprised at the quote 800-1500!

@robertburgess6100 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureEndeavor Ya they get alot money for something that is prity simple to do. Even when they are broken. I did one for a couple in a park last year when we were traveling.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertburgess6100 That was nice of you! We learned how to do it ourselves on KZfaq so we thought we'd make this video to help others in the same situation!

@robrob31295 3 жыл бұрын

So talented 😁❤

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

We try to do what we can Robin! Thanks for watching.

@davidsavage5930 3 жыл бұрын

Great vlog! I would have used 2 swaging sleeves to be double secure. That's just me.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought about it and we had them! I should have! Maybe I will get a bolt on type and add it. Thanks for watching David!

@Life.After.Retirement 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, you two work great together. You made doing Maintenance Educational and Entertaining.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Allen we do our best! Glad you enjoy them!

@FulfilledFreedom 3 жыл бұрын

You guys crack me up! Good job on the cable replacement...but whats with those bloody knuckles? Lol

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha well just before this video I changed the diff fluid. Totally wacked my nuckles a couple times.......😆oh well.

@daviscrt 3 жыл бұрын

Good eye on checking the cables on the slide. Mine is just on a track with gears. Thanks Don

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don! We do our best to watch things. I think we got lucky.👍😆

@ShayneBilley 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Just found your channel. Great content! Regarding the fraying cable. We had the exact same cable location fray for us as well. You may want to check the ‘L’ bracket on the slide that holds the flared end. Ours was installed about 1/8” too low and that’s why the cable was fraying against the body of the trailer. I removed it and raised it a little. If you watch the cable as you pull the slide in, it should be perfectly perpendicular to the trailer. Hope that makes sense. If it is out of alignment, the new cable will fray again shortly.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! We will look into it. So far its been fine but it won't hurt to double check!👍

@ShayneBilley 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureEndeavor no worries. Just thought I would let you know as ours frayed in that EXACT same spot. Who knows…. Moving the bracket to prevent further damage could be another KZfaq video! Lol. Cheers!

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you we appreciate it!👍

@loriw2661 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao!! I just love your videos! I don’t have any slides but it’s still really interesting and I love to learn about all kinds of RV stuff. I imagine that you’re both exactly the same in person as you are in your videos. You’re very authentic and have the same kind of silly, yet smart, sense of humor that I enjoy. Another great video!! Thanks.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lori! I feel like we try to just be ourselves, we are glad you enjoy them! Thank you for watching!

@stevetsigounis6535 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should have over 100,000 subs. whats wrong with people!

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man we really appreciate it. Feel free to give this or any video a share!

@The99vette 11 ай бұрын

Hey guys great job. But you need to figure out the cause of the cable fraying. It’s probably an alignment issue with the bracket normally up or down just a little bit will cause it to fray.

@AdventureEndeavor 11 ай бұрын

It probably was, we owned the rig for another year and never saw any issues.

@TalkingWithBob 3 жыл бұрын

This is a good thing to share with people show them it's not that hard to do

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob! That was our thought, saved us a lot of money also! Thanks for watching.

@TalkingWithBob 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureEndeavor awesome 😁

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@scottconnell8167 3 жыл бұрын

Good job 😎 I just did one on my motorhome but my cable was broke what a pain in the butt

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott, I can only imagine it must have been difficult. Was it tough to get the slide lined up?

@scottconnell8167 3 жыл бұрын

Once I got the molding off and got the pulleys exposed it wasn't that difficult

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow a little bit more involved. Really glad we didn't have to remove any panels.

@stangregory1983 Жыл бұрын

Great video, need to replace one of the cables on our coach. I don't have a crimping tool, if you provided a link I don't see it. Can you provide this information please?

@AdventureEndeavor Жыл бұрын

No worries, we linked it in the description. Glad the video was helpful. IWISS Wire Rope Crimping Tool for Aluminum Oval Sleeves,Double Sleeves,Crimping Loop sleeve from 3/64-inch to 1/8-inch -15 inch Length a.co/d/4UIJQHC

@dixonfamily6782 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! My one question is...if I have two cables fraying do I need to buy two cable kits?

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

It depends, you can certainly replace one at a time. Depending on how the cables are ran it might fix both, we linked the cable in the description.

@edkirkland2851 3 ай бұрын

Yes. One kit only has one replacement in it.

@ldaawyf6708 3 жыл бұрын

FREESTYLE WEEK COMMENCES MONDAY.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

What is freestyle week?

@lordlostalot2576 Жыл бұрын

Take a shot every time he says basically.

@AdventureEndeavor Жыл бұрын

😉😅🤣

@jjboohoo9641 3 жыл бұрын

Never seen cable slide outs. Mine have always been rack and pinions.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah rack and pinion is super popular! Thanks for watching.

@TC-tw5zk 3 жыл бұрын

Gm and happy Thanksgiving.....quick question....I have a cable slide and was wondering if cable breaks, can I manually push my slide in. Small slide and I believe it's on rollers

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving, you should be able to. It will be tough, you might want to have someone guide the broken cable in. This has not happened to us but we THINK it SHOULD be possible.

@TC-tw5zk 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureEndeavor thankyou..just preparing my mind incase it happens

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we happened to see iurs fraying and fixed it before it broke.

@TC-tw5zk 3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureEndeavor I have fixed mostly everything on my rv myself, but for some reason I fear the "cable slide "...

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

We did too! It's not that bad, if you have any questions we are happy to try and help. We linked all the tools and materials in the description.

@jsteele42378 2 жыл бұрын

My God you used your right hand to clamp that new cable ! Those cable clamper are for left handed people ! lol

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️ seemed to work ok for us lol thanks for watching Jeff.

@gedidrums8699 Жыл бұрын

Where is link for the crimp tool

@AdventureEndeavor Жыл бұрын

It's linked in the description, I'll leave it here again as well. Check this out! a.co/d/4WK0hcG

@arizonahascactus9697 3 жыл бұрын

I like how Jesse cusses in Spanish. Chinese finger trap chingadera. Thats a technical term. Please don't self sensor, you're hilarious.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha thank you, it's kind of become a thing. Is it technically cussing? We have read different things, either way. Thanks for watching.

@lobosdenbbqco.3918 2 ай бұрын

How do I figure out what cable model to get?

@AdventureEndeavor 2 ай бұрын

We linked the kit in the description. It's universal, you'll have to cut the cable

@lobosdenbbqco.3918 2 ай бұрын

Perfect. Thank you

@rickstills6716 2 жыл бұрын

I hate those slides on our Keystone Montana. Nothing but problems with them. Great video however.

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

We got lucky for the most part. Just this one issue, which we caught before it actually broke.

@debbieslawnbusters 2 жыл бұрын

HOW TO??? TIGHTEN A MAIN SLIDE CABLE .. ONES IS TIGHT AND ONE IS SAGGING..

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

There are many adjustments on these slides, you'll just have to mess with it.

@jjboohoo9641 3 жыл бұрын

Good video but you lost me at cable side out.

@AdventureEndeavor 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yeah they are on the lower level, but normally are reliable. Oh well glad we could fix it ourselves and save cash!

@jaybrodie943 2 жыл бұрын

Get rid of the back ground music it's socks and takes away from hearing clearly what you explaining

@AdventureEndeavor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip.