SLIDE TOPPER REMOVAL?

Thanks for all the input and links.
Update: We were able to use the info provided and get this job done before winter got here. Was a lot less work than I thought, I cant believe they wanted so much $ to do that work.
Thanks Again

Just did that job yesterday as trim came loose above slide out.

Just followed directions in this video
Did it by myself flipping slide cover up to main roof to be out of the way while I reattached trim and caulked. Randu

If your slide has an aluminum cover, remove it. Extend you slide about 12". There is a hole in the roller (on the end) that you can stick a screwdriver in (small Phillips) and lock the spring.

Move the slide back in and unbolt the slide cover brackets from both ends of the slide. Flip the brackets and cover onto the roof and you'll have access to your seals.

FleetwoodCouple, I changed out the topper on my big slide which was like twenty some feet long and it is fairly easy, but my wife did help me while I sliding the material out of the guide she would hold up the other end.

Just make sure you pin both ends so that the spring does not unwind on you. I used two allen wrenches to pin the ends.

On Goggle they have some real nice videos that will take you step by step on how to do it.

I ordered the material and within a week I had it. Now I am getting ready to do the smaller slide in the bedroom. That should be a piece of cake. I could probably do that myself.

Do a search online and I am sure that you will find either a video or written instructions for the specific brand and model of slide toppers that you have. You probably know the brand and the specific model number is usually on a label on the aluminum tube where the fabric wraps.

I had two small leaks, one on each big slide. Both caused by the brilliant(not) 2 piece design of the drip channel that runs along the roof from the front to the rear of the RV. To seal the butt joint were they meet they used some tiny piece of white tape which failed allowing water to drip from the joint down onto the top of the slide, dripping under the topper. Water pooled up and found a way in once from rain, thankfully it dripped into the kitchen sink. The other side was caused by the condensation from the rear A/C. I was able to put some caulk on that one and fix it for now, just worried it could get to be a bigger problem if not resolved.

Not difficult but it can be a little dangerous. The springs that roll up the toppers are under quite a bit of tension. The tension must be released and then wound tight again after you have finished with your sealing of the slide top.
Are you sure that all of your slides are leaking at the top?
If you are going to go to that much trouble, you may want to change the fabric and install new springs at the same time. The springs do break from time to time.

It would be alot quicker if you had some help.