A&E 8500 Awning Camlok alignment
Replaced 8500 series fabric, Did the whole removal from RV procedure.
When I put the spring assembly back in I must have got the locking Pawl out of place.
The latch works backwards it will not lock to keep from rolling back up but it locks trying to pull / unroll the awning.
My question is there a way to reset the Pawl correctly without having to drill out the 3 rivets & pulling out the spring assembly ?
Perhaps just unwinding the spring & reminding with the latch / Pawl in a different place ?
I know no need to remove the awning from the RV.
I replaced fabric on one of my past RV's 15 or so years ago and it seems I had the same issue but I fixed it some simple way without disassembling the spring mechanism.
When I put the spring assembly back in I must have got the locking Pawl out of place.
The latch works backwards it will not lock to keep from rolling back up but it locks trying to pull / unroll the awning.
My question is there a way to reset the Pawl correctly without having to drill out the 3 rivets & pulling out the spring assembly ?
Perhaps just unwinding the spring & reminding with the latch / Pawl in a different place ?
I know no need to remove the awning from the RV.
I replaced fabric on one of my past RV's 15 or so years ago and it seems I had the same issue but I fixed it some simple way without disassembling the spring mechanism.
