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Carole_Burgess
Explorer
Aug 28, 2021

Awning working backwards after fabric replacement

Hi, Sorry if this is posted in the wrong spot...just replaced fabric on 17' Faulkner awning, put 14 turns counterclockwise on front spring, same clockwise on rear and the tension is exactly backwards...
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wnjj
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2021
When you are winding the springs I assume you feel the tension building? I don’t see how you can wind a spring and not have the tube try build tension in the same direction. The cog mechanism can prevent it from turning but not make it try to turn the opposite direction.

At what point does the roll stop resisting as you are winding the spring and start trying to “help”?

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