2010 2516 rockwood premier roof lift cable snapped

[kaspern83]

Hey guys, today as I was doing some small repairs on my pop up I was putting in the porch door and I had my neighbor helping me out.. The up switch on my winch is not working (waiting on new part) so I had my neighbor lift the roof with a drill.. Well he went too far and the cable snapped. Luckily the roof didnt come crashing down since I had the supports in on the opposite sides of the roof. I added some wood supports on the other 2 corners to keep the roof from sagging. I am not exactly sure which lift system is on this pop up.. I am seeing goshen as the popular one but I am not sure how to confirm. How screwed am I with this situation? Thank you for any help in advance.

[GalsofEscape]

you have the goshen system. i had a 2010 rockwood highwall that the lift cable broke on, it broke while i was raising the roof, so it did come crashing down. I was able to lock it down and tow it to the dealer for repair. So, I can not advise you as to easy it would be for a DYI repair - i know others have done it, so it is doable.

[kaspern83]

you wouldn't know the model of it, would you? Do you remember how much such repair costs at the shop?

[GalsofEscape]

the dealer just had to replace the main cable- the cable was not the expensive part of the repair and dealers around here are now charging about 100 - 110 dollars an hour. for labor. I think is was somewhere around 300-400 bucks.


give goshen a call - they can advise you best on the repair.

[Mike91]

I would try to get recommendations of trustworthy shops and definitely shop around even if you have to take time off from work to drive to a dealer that's far away.

This could potentially be very expensive, over 1K, depending on how the shop wants to do the work. A good trustworthy shop will only make repairs and replace parts that are TRULY NEEDED. Others will try to make their living off of you.

This is definitely a job I would NOT try to do myself!

Good luck.