Universal Air Tube Replacement Instructions

The Inflatable Replacement Air Tube Bladder is designed to replace your tent/awning air tube using the quick replace component.

Please follow these instructions to replace your leaking inner air tube bladder.

Removal of Existing Tube

1. Cut the securing ties, then remove the complete beam (tube and beam-sleeve together) from the tent/awning sleeve (the piece sewn to the roof of tent/awning).
   
   
   
2. Lay out the whole beam on a dry, flat and non-abrasive surface.
   
   
   
3. Unzip the beam, then remove the leaking tube.
   
   
   

Inserting the New Tube

1. On the new tube, locate the inflation valve then insert into the matching aperture on the beam sleeve.
   
   
   
2. Unroll the tube along the length of the beam sleeve, flattening out the tube as you move along. Ensure the tube does not fold or twist.
   
   
   
3. At the end closest to the inflation valve, ensure the tube is fully unrolled.
   
   
   
4. At the other end of the beam sleeve, insert the tube through a webbing loop then fold over any excess. Adjust the tube to give about 10cm of slack tube – necessary for adjustment during first inflation.
   
   
   
   
   
5. The folded tube may have as little as 10cm, up to about 80cm of excess. Lay this flat over the top of the tube, ensuring a crease free fold.
   
   
   
6. Carefully close the zip of the beam sleeve, securing it with a cable tie or knotted loop of the guyline.
   
   
   

Notes for the Single-inflation Tents/Awning

If using the spare tube to replace a single inflation tube:

1. While inserting the new tube, cover the valve aperture with a flexible, non-abrasive material.
   
2. This prevents the tube from expanding through the open aperture when inflating. Monitor and adjust when trial inflating.
   
   
   

Trial Inflation

1. Inflate the beam prior to insertion into your tent/awning.
   
   
   
2. Slowly inflate and if necessary, untwist the sleeve to create a perfect arc with the zip facing inwards.
   
   
   
3. You may need to deflate the beam, open the zip, then adjust the tube to remove twists. DO NOT open the zip with the tube inflated – this may cause damage to the tube.

Re-inserting the Beam

1. When you have the beam lying flat in a perfect arc it is ready for re-insertion into the tent/awning.
   
   
   
2. Deflate the beam then replace into the tent/awning, ensuring the valve is correctly aligned with the valve aperture on the tent/awning flysheet.
   
   
   
3. Ensure the hook & loop Velcro patch is attached onto the corresponding surface on the tent/awning at each end of the tube.