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Old 08-16-2010, 12:02 PM   #1
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Cable support under slide out

I have had this cable support under my slide out break twice on my present camper amd once on my previous camper. I believe it is called Quick Draw support. Right now the camper is at the dealer for slide issues and they are supposed to fix the support. It is a poor design as it breaks right where it attaches to the frame. The plactic can't take all that flexing. I had a fellow MS owner tell my to install a stainless steel hinge on the frame end of the support then attach the hinge to the frame. This seems like a good idea. Anyone else have problems with this support and come up with another fix? Thanks.
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Old 08-16-2010, 03:15 PM   #2
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I have had the same problem on my 2004 going to put a hing on my 2011 works great
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Old 08-16-2010, 08:11 PM   #3
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I'm sure a lot of us have had to deal with that little goof. The problem is they fasten the thing to the frame and the slideout while it's deployed with no effort made to make sure it isn't stressed by being mis-aligned as the slideout comes in, torquing a thin piece of plastic isn't good for it.
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Old 08-16-2010, 09:12 PM   #4
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Mine broke and I purchased a 4 or 5 inch metal hinge. This takes the strain off the plastic and eliminates the stress point.
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Old 08-16-2010, 10:20 PM   #5
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I have put the hinges on three years ago shortly after buying it. Has worked everytime with no problems.
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Old 08-17-2010, 07:26 AM   #6
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cable support

Service is using a hinge now. So, I suppose production is too?

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Old 08-17-2010, 07:56 PM   #7
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I have used hinges to repair these straps at their attach points to the frame. My question is how to repair one that has broke in the center. Does anyone have any suggestions other than replacing the entire strap?
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Old 08-17-2010, 08:54 PM   #8
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straps

Just put another hinge in the middle? Pretty soon it will be all hinges, no plastic. Then it will hold together. Have to fix 2 of mine.
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Old 08-18-2010, 08:00 PM   #9
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A hinge in the middle was what I was thinking. Was just wandering if that would allow the wires to bend too tight and eventually cause them to break. Guess I'll find out. :?
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Old 08-18-2010, 08:20 PM   #10
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Just don't tie them tightly near the hinge--that would leave room to move/bend.
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Old 08-19-2010, 07:01 AM   #11
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Quote:
I have used hinges to repair these straps at their attach points to the frame. My question is how to repair one that has broke in the center. Does anyone have any suggestions other than replacing the entire strap?
I patched one, not in the middle, but near one end.
I used a couple strips of aluminum and self tapping screws. I just sandwiched the plastic between the aluminum strips.
Well over two years ago, and it is still holding.
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Old 08-21-2010, 03:54 PM   #12
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Just finished repairing our wire support under the door side slide. It was broken in the middle of the support. I used the hinge method that is commonly used when these break at the attach points but since this was in the middle, I attached the hinge in reverse so it will not close completely. This prevents pinching the wires or over bending them.
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Old 08-22-2010, 02:58 PM   #13
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I did a fix over a year ago using a 6'' wide steel band.
It is much stronger than the plastic piece that was originally there.
It is quite flexible, and I have had no problems of any kind with this repair.
I might have posted these pics some time ago, but in case you missed them:


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Old 08-22-2010, 09:13 PM   #14
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D-G,

Thanks for that pic--what kind/where did you find the piece of metal that works so well?

And that is one clean undercarriage.

Thanks,

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Old 08-23-2010, 08:46 PM   #15
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Wing-Nut that metal is just basically light guage steel, about .050".
Sheet steel similar to what we use to do auto-body repair would work as well.

Thanks for the compliment!

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Old 08-23-2010, 09:18 PM   #16
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D-G....
Just have to ask since you have a one-year older trailer: how have you kept the frame/other stuff so clean?
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Old 08-24-2010, 06:11 PM   #17
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Wingnut 60, all I do is clean it once a year with special grease.....elbow-grease that is , then every couple of years I sand everything I can get to and re-paint it.

I am still able to crawl around under there, so I visit often.... :lol:

Again, thanks for your appreciative comments.

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Old 09-07-2010, 05:32 AM   #18
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Same problem! While I had it at Paul Cross's for other work, he installed a hinge between frame and support - problem solved.
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