Fun / Projects / with my 1997 America Dream
Borrowed a trailer and getting ready for some fun in the sun (it's cold here now 30's again tonight) I went and bought a 8 inch drop hitch, the 6 inch had the deck at too much of an angle, and ...
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The awning almost fell off the side of the Rv
It appears that originally the cover for the awning and the trim that holds the rubber cover in place were riveted in place.
Electrolysis may have been going on between unlike metals and the rivets have disintegrated.
I punched out the remains of the rivets, cleaned all the caulking and installed stainless steel "sheet metal" bolts 3/8 by 1 1/2 inches. They did not come through the inside and are definitly anchored, in fact I think you would rip the whole side off now instead of the awning coming off.
I will do the rest of the rivets the same way in the off season
It appears that originally the cover for the awning and the trim that holds the rubber cover in place were riveted in place.
Electrolysis may have been going on between unlike metals and the rivets have disintegrated.
I punched out the remains of the rivets, cleaned all the caulking and installed stainless steel "sheet metal" bolts 3/8 by 1 1/2 inches. They did not come through the inside and are definitly anchored, in fact I think you would rip the whole side off now instead of the awning coming off.
I will do the rest of the rivets the same way in the off season
