Awning help on 2008 Palomino Gazelle G210

AirForceAngler wrote:
Question 1: There is really no way to tell unless someone comes on here with the identical year/make/model of trailer and then that's not guaranteed.


Question 2: Can you look inside and see if there was a spring on the left side? If there is and there was no tension, it sounds like something is broken there.

Question 3: How did you get the awning back up against the trailer with the spring rolled backwards? I'm guessing the reason it didn't go up tight to the trailer after rolling spring the correct way is a) if one spring is broke it won't work quite right or b) by rolling the spring the wrong way at first, you may have taken some of the springiness out of it.

good luck

ok thanks on #1, i found a label
still not sure how that translates to exacly what awning i have as i google it and its not very clear


#2 - yes there was a spring in left side but never felt any tension from it whatsoever

#3 - We had manually wrapped fabric around roller leaving only a foot out to install it onto the trailer. After it was installed is when we figured out it was the wrong way. So I hit the release lever letting it unspool the wrong way as the fabric unrolled. Once it was fully unspooled, (fabric attached to trailer, all of it unspooled and hanging and the end connected to the roller) i removed roller from arm and wound it the right way. It operated correctly but did not go up all the way, so I took it off arm again and wound it up some more.

The awning seems to function fine now although the tension does not feel as strong as i think it should but operationally it seems fine. It extends out all the way, and rolls up all the way. The left spring concerns me but I am not sure how to fix it or if it needs to be fixed.. I would hate to extend it one day and right spring breaks and does not roll up.