Cutting Off Damaged End Of A Rv Awning

You can place some electrical tape on the vise grips to prevent them from damaging the end cap.

Cutting off damaged end of a rv awning. These are designed to keep tension on the roll and to help keep it locked into place. The combination of spring tension in the roller tube and the legs attached to the base of the rv will hold it in place. Walk the entire awning assembly off of the rv. We were all in the rvs at the time.

Usually what ends up happening is the awning fabric tears off the rollers or the whole aluminum frame tries to rip clean off its mounting brackets. The awn ripped off at the top. Being that we are full time rv snowbirds its. It s over seven years old.

Four or 5 other awnings were damaged in our loop. I will call tomorrow and see what they say about doing this for us while i wait to see what you come up with. My idea is to cut the brittle end of the awning off to a point that it s not sun damaged approx. You can stitch or use an adhesive glue waterproof like in the 3rd step to stick your mending material to your awning.

While one person firmly holds the vise grips the other can remove the bolts connecting the leg aka rafter to the awning then take the rafter off the end cap. What causes rv awning breaks to fail. Previously in our camper van we had the old manual deploying type. Cut your patching material by using fabric scissors or a knife.

If you prefer to use waterproof glue let it dry. If you stitch your mending material to your camper s awning ensure that you find no visible or loose strings. We just happened to run acrossed a great deal on this used awning saving about 700 00. We had the rv about a week and loved the new power awning.

Thank you for your help. 12 to 16 inches. The person holding the awning tube will be walking backward so proceed with caution. With your drill start by removing the main bolts that hold the top of the awning to the side of the rv.

It might seem like that would allow the awning to fall off but do not worry. Inside the awning roller is a torsion spring and a set of cams. Using vise grips take a firm hold of the cap on one end of the awning. In this video i repair sections of damaged fabric on our dometic 9100 power awning.

Using the awning as water barrel. Even my neighbors awning was damaged and pulled out of the top rail. This one kind of scared us a little when it happened. Being there didn t help us this spring in florida.

Hold the awning tube while the helpers hold each awning arm. Set the awning tube down across the sawhorses for easy access to the cam assembly and to prevent damage to the tube. Heavy rains hail and 75 mph wind gusts were too much for the awning s motor to rewind it. I ll go hang my head in shame now while you read on.

Before purchasing this awning we were looking at an rv store and he s the one that told us they can be cut down to any length.