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Mile High wrote: I also think they are a little unsightly to look at from the outside.
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fordsooperdooty
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Several folks here on RV.Net are getting pretty proficient changing cables and adjusting the BAL accuSlide cable operated slideouts! The cables stretch with use, and need adjustments. The repair kit however is only $35.00.
Yet BAL says "Maintenance of the Accuslide System should never be performed by the end-user."
dougrainer wrote:Click this link to see how the system is designed and operated.
YES, it can be a bear to remove a broken cable. Once the cable breaks, the strands expand and can jam inside the pulleys or pulley mounts and can be very difficult to get out and removed. Doug
http://norcoind.com/bal/products/oem/accuslide/index.shtml
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Mile High
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Unsightly to me:
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Skip N Barb Team
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When did KZ start putting cables on their Durango fivers? We have an '08 325 SB, and the slides are all gear driven.
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gmcsmoke
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"The salesman said a combinaiton of cables, chains and electric motors."
I highlighted the problem with that sentence.
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Capt Skup
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I took a look at the cable setup on an Open Range
trailer at the dealer. I was surprised at how the cables were run, how they necessitated cutouts in the slide seal, and how they were secured to the slide box. Looked like countersunk wood screws were being used to attach the cable end brackets to the box. How long will it take for those screws to work loose opening and closing the slides. The screws were haphazardly sunk on differing angles, none flush with the surface. In my profession I deal with wire rope(cables to some), wire rope stretches, needs periodical adjustments and tends to fray easily if not run through smooth rotating channels. I have had both electric/hydraulic and electric rack and pinion slide drives, I would choose either over the wire rope/cable setup.
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wavslave
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As the owner of an Open Range fifth wheel, I wasen't given the option of what kind of slide hard ware to chose from. I can tell you that the system has worked perfectly. I can see where you might have to adjust the cable tension from time to time, but it is easly accessable and easy to do. I have never needed a repair kit as of yet, but for $35.00 I have one with me on the rig. As for being a little "unsightly" when the slide is out, so is a big puddle of hydrolic fluid on the ground when you blow a seal or you system leaks.
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fly-boy
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The cable operated slides are flawless on smaller slides-
On larger (super slides) they had a tendency to stretch and fray near the end. That has for the most part been fixed with better/stronger cables and larger holes where the cable runs into the trailer.
I would not hesitate to purchase a cable operated slide. They are lighter and leave no ugly residue on the carpet.
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me2
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I wouldn't touch a cable system with a 10 foot pole.
Our old trailer had a hydraulic mechanism and it was/is flawless.
Our new trailer has a rack and pinion system. It works well too.
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bstark
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wavslave: Your post is an excellant example of how one owner gets upset at what he perceives to be a negative judgment of his choice and counters with a slam that isn't relevant. The poster you took umbrage with said he perceived the cables to be unsightly when the slides were deployed as in: they would ALWAYS be visible. You counter that with a puddle of oil under the rig being unsightly as well which would ONLY be visible in the event that a hose broke which would be so rare so as to be a non-existant issue.
The two "unsightly's" don't compare as apples-to-apples in my book.
Having had the older style with the cable alignment system, I can tell you I'd rather deal with a hose replacement any day than go through that fishing of cable into the belly of the beast to replace a broken one, hydraulic fluid and all. I've never been cut up like a pin cushion by a leaking hose but that is also "not relevant".
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