Awning fell off yesterday
Thankfully it happened in the driveway and not on the highway! Just purchased a used 2007 Fleetwood Utah and the factory awning fell while putting it away. Apparently the stitching between the tubing...
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navegator wrote:
Your repair might put a lot of strain on the small areas of the screws, if you can sew the fabric it will spread the tension of the fabric on the channel rather than concentrating the pull force on only small areas, this can rip the fabric.
Agreed. That's why I used screws that were long enough to go all the way through both top and bottom sides of the track, completely tthrough the fabric of the bag. This was never meant as a long term fix. Once the thread failed I knew the bag, and therefor the awning itself, was on borrowed time. I've been shopping for a custom awning since buying the trailer anyway, not crazy about the three post design of this one.
