Troubleshooting 2020 Grand Design Imagine TT Value Line Shades

Asked by CherylAsked on August 12, 2025Answered by Elkhart RV Parts
Customer Question

My 2020 Grand Design Imagine TT kitchen window shade (Value Line model #691416, 26"x17") won't hold in the lower position and slowly retracts. I've tried adjusting the black wheels but it won't stay down. What troubleshooting or repair steps can I take to fix this issue?

Expert Answer

The reported failure to hold down does not identify a failed spring or a specific replacement part. Grand Design reference 691416, the coach year and the reported 26 x 17 inch dimensions have not been cross-referenced to an exact Irvine mechanism or service-part number.

First identify the shade manufacturer, mechanism and revision from its label and end assemblies. Keep shade width, fabric drop, bare roller-tube outside diameter and any assembly length separate. Record how the shade moves and whether the issue concerns holding a lowered position, the upper stopping point or raising speed. These are different functions; a black adjustment wheel alone does not identify the mechanism or the correct adjustment direction.

Irvine describes an upper-limit auto-stop feature on its Valu-Line shades and publishes separate Valu-Line and Slow-Rise auto-stop families. That does not diagnose this lower-position holding complaint. The current 1-inch Valu-Line MRL-A2500 listing and Slow-Rise RL-A3100 listing are identification examples only, not interchangeable parts or confirmed fits to this shade.

Use the applicable manufacturer's instructions after identification, or have a qualified shade technician inspect the mounting and mechanism. Do not follow the old generic tension-adjustment or spring-side disassembly advice for an unidentified tensioned assembly. No spring, stop or repair kit is diagnosed here, and no guaranteed repair or model-specific stock promise is established. Irvine Valu-Line reference.

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