slideout cable system vs

Based on my experience and some testimonial from RV repair people, the weak link may not be the cable. Our bedroom slide is cable driven and stopped working on a trip. When we returned home, we called out a local RV repair service. They immediately assumed it was the connecting shaft between the electric motor and the pulley wheels. It was indeed a approximately 2" long square shaft that did not look too sturdy. The repair people even called it the "weak link" since they have seen it fail so frequently. As it turned out, that piece was OK and the problem turned out to be the gear box between the drive motor and the cable pulley wheels. The gears inside just failed for some reason.

newman fulltimer wrote:
Bal accuslide is the best slide system out there .The cable is a aircraft grade cable you can buy replacements on amazon or eBay if needed

Aircraft Grade? Fat Chance. More likely made in China grade.

Bal accuslide is the best slide system out there .The cable is a aircraft grade cable you can buy replacements on amazon or eBay if needed

We have the BAL Accuslide cable system on out bedroom slide (the other two are big ones and use rack and pinion). After ten years and lots of trips in and out there has been only one problem and that was when the tip (mushroom) pulled off of one cable. The slide continued to work. I found replacement cable sets on Amazon and fixed it myself using 1/8" cable clamps instead of the supplied crimp anchors.

I carry a spare cable, but don't really think I'll ever need it. The one that failed seems to have just been within the 1% manufacturing error rate.

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wanderingaimlessly wrote:
While you wait for the other opinions, you may want to watch this just for an overview on the slide systems and the reasons behind them.
Slides

thanks, great video, put my mind at ease a little.

While you wait for the other opinions, you may want to watch this just for an overview on the slide systems and the reasons behind them.
Slides