BAL Accu-Slide maxed out on adjustment
I have two questions dealing with a BAL cable Accu-Slide system. The two questions are below. I am trying to give you the background on the camper. The camper is a 2019 Keystone Laredo 5th wheel,...
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Here are the pictures of the rear wall slide cables hitting the gear motor. The IN cable block hit hard; you can hear and see the slide jump twice. The first hit is the adjusting screw nut, followed by the chain cable block. The ground-up motor end cap and the heavy rubs in the motor casing show this has been ongoing for some time. After some digging, I believe the factory mounted the motor too high. This camper has a bedroom wardrobe slide with the same G4 series Accu-slide. The bedroom slide does not hit. It has other adjustments that need to be done, but it does not hit.
Reviewing the BAL G4 series install manual, it doe snot state an exact height for the motor. I will call BAL tech service tomorrow and confirm all this. Please comment if anyone has seen this before and knows of a correction. My first thought is the remote motor correctly not to have it hit.
Here is the BAL Video showing how to adjust the Accu-slide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUIW7kkJa5I
At minute 4:19 it shows this view of the motor mounted. The cables are more straight, not dead on, but more straight, heading into the gearbox sprocket, showing the cable blocks are missing the motor. The motor is lower to the rough opening in the slide.
Here is minute 5:37 in the video with another view; the IN chain side is loose during this adjustment, which is why the chain is hanging down on the backside.
Now to the Keystone main slide with the problem. Here is the system as I left it tonight.
The rear side of the slide is at the full IN position. The IN block hits the motor.
The front side so you can see the whole system.
Close-up of the problem.
The first part of the hit was the cable screw and nut hit, then the cable bracket.
An end view. Look at the chain going towards the front of the slide, and see how downhill that chain is heading.
The wear marks on the motor
It is a 2 1/2" long drag to the end of the marks.
A straight-on view. See how much the wallboard is shown above the black slide seal. This is where I am saying the motor looks to be mounted too high up.
And here is the OUT cable block that hits slightly too. It is out of adjustment, and I will try the pipe spacer to give me some more tension adjustment.
Now to the bedroom wardrobe slide. Again this slide needs adjustment, but the cable blocks do not hit the motor. The motor is also slightly pitched uphill.
The IN cable block misses
The OUT block misses. You can see how close the motor is to the rough opening and top slide seal areas. Almost no wallboard is showing, and it is tipped uphill.
This is where it stands as of now. The cable hitting the motor has to be corrected, and I need to get some more tension on the OUT cable on the rear bottom of the slide.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
John
PS I will report back on the BAL tech service call.
Reviewing the BAL G4 series install manual, it doe snot state an exact height for the motor. I will call BAL tech service tomorrow and confirm all this. Please comment if anyone has seen this before and knows of a correction. My first thought is the remote motor correctly not to have it hit.
Here is the BAL Video showing how to adjust the Accu-slide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUIW7kkJa5I
At minute 4:19 it shows this view of the motor mounted. The cables are more straight, not dead on, but more straight, heading into the gearbox sprocket, showing the cable blocks are missing the motor. The motor is lower to the rough opening in the slide.
Here is minute 5:37 in the video with another view; the IN chain side is loose during this adjustment, which is why the chain is hanging down on the backside.
Now to the Keystone main slide with the problem. Here is the system as I left it tonight.
The rear side of the slide is at the full IN position. The IN block hits the motor.
The front side so you can see the whole system.
Close-up of the problem.
The first part of the hit was the cable screw and nut hit, then the cable bracket.
An end view. Look at the chain going towards the front of the slide, and see how downhill that chain is heading.
The wear marks on the motor
It is a 2 1/2" long drag to the end of the marks.
A straight-on view. See how much the wallboard is shown above the black slide seal. This is where I am saying the motor looks to be mounted too high up.
And here is the OUT cable block that hits slightly too. It is out of adjustment, and I will try the pipe spacer to give me some more tension adjustment.
Now to the bedroom wardrobe slide. Again this slide needs adjustment, but the cable blocks do not hit the motor. The motor is also slightly pitched uphill.
The IN cable block misses
The OUT block misses. You can see how close the motor is to the rough opening and top slide seal areas. Almost no wallboard is showing, and it is tipped uphill.
This is where it stands as of now. The cable hitting the motor has to be corrected, and I need to get some more tension on the OUT cable on the rear bottom of the slide.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
John
PS I will report back on the BAL tech service call.
