Awning starting to roll up crooked?
It looks like my awning is starting to roll up crooked and causing it to be very difficult to lock into position. As you can see by the pics, it’s rollup up off by maybe 1/5-2 inches by the time it’s...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
Agree with every one else, the awning has slid in the track. Just slide the awning one way or the other in the track until it rolls square again. Easy fix.
Beware! Once they start slipping around like that, they continue to slip around. So once you get it back square again, use a permanent marker and mark the tube (both ends) exactly where the fabric is, so when it slides again, you can just tug it back to that same spot. Do both ends, because when the fabric moves, it most likely will rub off the marker ink. You can also get a visual inspection before rolling it up every time this way too.
Correct and you can minimize this by making sure the "stop screws" in the awning rail are in the correct positions and to prevent the awning from sliding in the "tube end" you will have to insert several rectangular shaped lengths of hard plastic or some other material the right length into the "slots" in each side of the awning end to prevent the awning from sliding in the tube. I've used some of the old plastic awning cord from an old awning shaved down so I could just "JAM" in into that slot in the awning tube since you can't slide them in from the ends since the awning caps seal off that slot that the awning is slid into. I guess you could use a could of pan head type metal screws as an alternative, but that's sort of a non conventional solution.
Larry
