Fixing sluggish Dometic awning.
If you have a Dometic (A&E) 9100 series awning on your RV you may wish to save this post. Last season I started having intermittent issues with our awning not wanting to extend. It would roll out abou...
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The Dometic Part has a hole in the round part. The round rubber tube you install at the torque point of the awning arms on the awning arm tube mounted to the RV sidewall. You drill the 3/16 hole thru the Arm into the wall, insert rubber silicone and install the rivet THRU that hole in the rubber tube and there is enough compression to allow the rivet gun to expand the rivet. This does what the OP did with those green foam tubes. If I remember, Dometic sent the kits out at No Charge when under warranty and they did NOT have any install directions. I had to call Dometic when I did my first one. If I also remember, when installed and the awning is retracted, the bottom of the arms pooch out about 1/4 to 3/8 inch. Doug
