Jun-29-2018 11:31 AM
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Jul-01-2018 11:28 AM
dougrainer wrote:Farmboy666 wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:dougrainer wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:
FWIW, I replaced the fabric on my 18' awning last year without removing the end caps or messing with the springs.
Can't be done. I don't know what you did or how you did it, but Dometic awnings require at least one end cap to come off. The nylon insert ropes fold inside the tube and the end caps fit OVER them. Now, if you DRILLED out the end caps to get the old fabric removed and install the new fabric, that is NOT how you do it. Doug
Absolutely correct, drilled and slotted the end cap and then added additional rivets on each side of the new slot.
So apparently it CAN be done!!!
There is the CORRECT WAY and the wrong way. As I mentioned, you can go around the CORRECT way and the Poster did, but he did it wrong. It actually takes LONGER to do it his way than doing it the correct way. Doug
Jul-01-2018 09:23 AM
Farmboy666 wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:dougrainer wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:
FWIW, I replaced the fabric on my 18' awning last year without removing the end caps or messing with the springs.
Can't be done. I don't know what you did or how you did it, but Dometic awnings require at least one end cap to come off. The nylon insert ropes fold inside the tube and the end caps fit OVER them. Now, if you DRILLED out the end caps to get the old fabric removed and install the new fabric, that is NOT how you do it. Doug
Absolutely correct, drilled and slotted the end cap and then added additional rivets on each side of the new slot.
So apparently it CAN be done!!!
Jul-01-2018 07:11 AM
beemerphile1 wrote:dougrainer wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:
FWIW, I replaced the fabric on my 18' awning last year without removing the end caps or messing with the springs.
Can't be done. I don't know what you did or how you did it, but Dometic awnings require at least one end cap to come off. The nylon insert ropes fold inside the tube and the end caps fit OVER them. Now, if you DRILLED out the end caps to get the old fabric removed and install the new fabric, that is NOT how you do it. Doug
Absolutely correct, drilled and slotted the end cap and then added additional rivets on each side of the new slot.
Jun-30-2018 02:35 PM
dougrainer wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:
FWIW, I replaced the fabric on my 18' awning last year without removing the end caps or messing with the springs.
Can't be done. I don't know what you did or how you did it, but Dometic awnings require at least one end cap to come off. The nylon insert ropes fold inside the tube and the end caps fit OVER them. Now, if you DRILLED out the end caps to get the old fabric removed and install the new fabric, that is NOT how you do it. Doug
Jun-30-2018 02:24 PM
Jun-30-2018 02:10 PM
Trumpeterb wrote:
Ok...awning off, new fabric on, end caps replaced...now, it is a 17’ Dometic awning, and the research I found said that the spring should be tensioned 10 turns (clockwise—spring is on the left side). My question—after turning it 10 times (assuming that is the right number), do I reinstall the awning ina rolled up position, about a foot or so away from the camper, therefore the spring would have 10 turns of tension in the closed position? Or do I reinstall the awning in the fully extended position, therefore placing 10 turns of tension on the spring when the awning is fully extended? Sorry for all the awning questions....I am new to all of this.
Jun-30-2018 02:09 PM
beemerphile1 wrote:
FWIW, I replaced the fabric on my 18' awning last year without removing the end caps or messing with the springs.
Jun-30-2018 01:36 PM
Jun-30-2018 11:12 AM
shastagary wrote:
the manual says Note: Rewinding must be done with the
Awning Fabric extended two feet away
from the coach.
dometic/a&e manual
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