Manual Awning Question/Help
When the manual awning is fully pulled away from TT and the short slide arms/rails are extended now ready to be raised up on each side I have difficulty in pushing the arm/rails up. I do not extend on...
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Nvr2loud wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
Are you undoing the arm locks (rafter knob) before trying to raise them?
I use a silicone spray occasionally.....not because they are difficult but because I don't like the chatter when sliding the rafter up/down channel
Mine are easy to raise and I'm actually doing it wrong...
1) I pull the awning away from the trailer (unrolling)
2) Extend the rafter arms and put a little outward pressure on each for some tension
3) Tightly lock the rafter knobs
4) Extend the main arms to desired height.
I'm too short to reach the rafter knobs when the main arms are fully extended, so I do them up earlier. I have had no binding problems at all. I'm thinking something must be bent or jammed elsewhere in the OP's awning system
It has been a couple years since I raised the awning and what I did was tightly locked the rafter knobs then extended the rafters to their locking position.
Therefore, as you stated I should have extend the rafter arms put a little outward pressure for tension then tightly lock the rafter knobs. You may have solved my problem. I will give it a try.
