Dometic Awning issue (shoulder or set screw)
Hello all,
We are new to the camping scene and recently purchased a 2010 Sunnybrook 269 THX. We went on a little three day excursion to Indian Lake and have already fallen in love with our new hobby.
We had a bit of an issue with the awning in that I realized, where the Dometic Sunchaser 8500 that is on it, the lower left bracket that bolts to the trailer was pulling away from the body of the trailer and the bolts at stripped and pulled thru. I tried to tighten them but they had stripped. The awning works fine but I knew it was a matter of time before this bracket would rip the rest of the way off. I got home and put some larger bolts in which did the trick however, I found the culprit. It seems there is a set screw or shoulder screw that the awning rails rest on when in the closed up position. There was so much tension pushing on this shoulder/set screw it was pushing the bracket that striped the screws down and out. In order to relieve this tension I had to remove the set screw. As of right now I have the set screw back in lower than where the rail wants to rest to alleviate this tension. Per the picture link I found below, it is that shoulder bolt on the lower left hand. My question is, does that rail need to be resting on that shoulder bolt or what even is its purpose? The rail wants to rest half way between one of the holes the shoulder bolt can screw into therefore, to have the rail rest on said bolt you have to push the rail up (creating tension) and add the shoulder/set screw which will then add the tension back and likely pull my new bolts out eventually. Hopefully this is enough detail friends. Thank you for any help!
We are new to the camping scene and recently purchased a 2010 Sunnybrook 269 THX. We went on a little three day excursion to Indian Lake and have already fallen in love with our new hobby.
We had a bit of an issue with the awning in that I realized, where the Dometic Sunchaser 8500 that is on it, the lower left bracket that bolts to the trailer was pulling away from the body of the trailer and the bolts at stripped and pulled thru. I tried to tighten them but they had stripped. The awning works fine but I knew it was a matter of time before this bracket would rip the rest of the way off. I got home and put some larger bolts in which did the trick however, I found the culprit. It seems there is a set screw or shoulder screw that the awning rails rest on when in the closed up position. There was so much tension pushing on this shoulder/set screw it was pushing the bracket that striped the screws down and out. In order to relieve this tension I had to remove the set screw. As of right now I have the set screw back in lower than where the rail wants to rest to alleviate this tension. Per the picture link I found below, it is that shoulder bolt on the lower left hand. My question is, does that rail need to be resting on that shoulder bolt or what even is its purpose? The rail wants to rest half way between one of the holes the shoulder bolt can screw into therefore, to have the rail rest on said bolt you have to push the rail up (creating tension) and add the shoulder/set screw which will then add the tension back and likely pull my new bolts out eventually. Hopefully this is enough detail friends. Thank you for any help!
