Re-tensioning slide out awning?
Ok, I took the old awning off or I should say it fell apart in my hands:-) and of course I felt the inner tube unwind when it came off. Something I was trying to avoid. How do you go about getting ...
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OP back, finally got around to swaping out the slide out awning. I never did find a video or write up on it so I just went ahead and did it.
On my awning there was just a single spring held in place on the left side, the small (12") center tube which held the spring end was held in place by an 11mm bolt. The trick was to lock the bolt down and rotate the outer tube until you could place a cotter pin thru both tubes AFTER you wound the tube 14 times. Once you placed the pin in place wrap some tape around the tube and pin, to keep it from falling out, don't ask how I know why to do that. The difference with my awning and others was the pin does not go through both tubes completely, I assumed the cotter pin went all the way through and you just spread the legs of the pin apart to keep it in place.
Once the tensioning is done and it's pinned loosen the 11mm bolt so the entire tube can rotate to make installing the awning easy. Once the fabric was in place tighten down the bolt and carefully pull the pin while holding the main tube to keep the pressure off the pin.
Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and get it done.
Ron W.
On my awning there was just a single spring held in place on the left side, the small (12") center tube which held the spring end was held in place by an 11mm bolt. The trick was to lock the bolt down and rotate the outer tube until you could place a cotter pin thru both tubes AFTER you wound the tube 14 times. Once you placed the pin in place wrap some tape around the tube and pin, to keep it from falling out, don't ask how I know why to do that. The difference with my awning and others was the pin does not go through both tubes completely, I assumed the cotter pin went all the way through and you just spread the legs of the pin apart to keep it in place.
Once the tensioning is done and it's pinned loosen the 11mm bolt so the entire tube can rotate to make installing the awning easy. Once the fabric was in place tighten down the bolt and carefully pull the pin while holding the main tube to keep the pressure off the pin.
Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and get it done.
Ron W.
