Awning motor replacement questions

willald wrote:
did a continuity test between the two wires coming out of the motor, it is wide open, shorted internally. is it really necessary to use rivets to put in the new motor? Can I not just use a couple of properly sized sheet metal screws to mount the new motor onto the end of the roller tube?

Much clipped. First a nit.. An open and a short are exact opposites, If you showed OPEN circuit, then it is NOT shorted anywhere..

now the question "Can I sue screws" Of course you can, no problem at all, make them fairly shourt (like quarter inch) the problem with screws however is unless you check them from time to time (like Every time) they can come loose and fall out... Rivets do not do that.