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GlennLever
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Oct 26, 2014

CareFree Electric Awning / Front support not all the way in

I had my manual CareFree awning replaced with an electric Care Free awning when the manual one was ripped off while traveling down the road.

I really like the electric awning but have noticed two things.

One is that it seems to roll in and out jerky, does not roll in/out smoothly. The roller itself seems to rotate smoothly it is the supports that seem to hold up the deployment of the awning. I did spray the tracks with silicone but that seemed to make no difference.

Today I noticed that the front support does not seem fully closed.


Here is the rear one.



Here is the front one



and here is a close up of the top, it looks like the "hook" is stopping the awning from being drawn all the way in??



Can anyone shed an light on this or should I e-mail CareFree?
  • therink wrote:
    It appears that either the alignment of the awning fabric is off (easy fix) or the mounting brackets aren't aligned (not an easy fix).
    The fabric alignment should be adjustable.


    The mounting brackets and supports appear to be lined up, and no binding as it goes in and out.

    How do you align the fabric.

    I really think the "hook" is keeping it from rolling all the way up
  • It appears that either the alignment of the awning fabric is off (easy fix) or the mounting brackets aren't aligned (not an easy fix).
    The fabric alignment should be adjustable.

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