cables on keystone slideouts
looking at new Keystone Outback trailers and noticed they had cables on the slideouts. Has anyone had problems with cables breaking on these models We had trouble in the past. afraid to buy one wit...
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Heavy Metal Doctor wrote:
Here's my 2 cents.....for free.....
I work on equipment that sometimes involves cables for mechanical operation of functions of the equipment. There's nothing wrong with cable systems as long as all the pieces involved are sized / engineered / assembled correctly.
When I saw the cable slide setup on the TT we bought, I was less concerned about the actual cable than about the attaching parts. The brackets where cables terminate at the wall of the slide room, specifically. I know the 3/16 or so sized cable has more than 2000lbs of pull, so I'd expect the system to rip a mounting bracket or even one of the guide pulleys loose before it simply breaks cable. Of course, there is the issue of something wearing / fraying the cable, but again, if all the pieces are aligned and operating correctly that should not be an issue.
Only about 9 or 10 months into the use of our TT, I have been inspecting the cables fairly often. So far, so good. But that's only operating them maybe 30 times in / out to date.
Spot on. I inspect my cables and mounts every trip. Also the tension screws to make sure they are not loosening like one did. I also check the cable alignment inside and out to make sure it's not cutting into anything. all that checking only takes a minute or two.
