How To Repair Broken Rv Awning Spring

Step 1 extend awning slightly.

How to repair broken rv awning spring.

Received the new spring today. Extend both awning rafter arms and lock them into place and tighten the hand screws. After loosening the corrosion that binds the rivets to the metal of the rv awning drill the rivets out one by one. Insert a cotter pin through the inner shaft at the end tube to lock the spring.

How to replace an rv awning spring. The cotter pins are the ones that lock the spring tension securely while taking down the rv awning. Extend the awning out approximately 1 foot and prop it in place with the board for now. When you release the tension in the spring the cotter pin that is inserted in the holes in the awning arms are removed.

Pin the opposite awning spring with a cotter pin. This helps hold everything in place. Step 1 prepare to re insert the cotter pin. If the rivets are corroded put some lubricant on the rivets then tap the rivets one by one to loosen them up.

Roll the awning all the way out to full extension. An rver asks gary bunzer the rv doctor why the awning on his recreational vehicle will not retract evenly and what he can do to f. Release the travel locks on the awning arms and release the cam lock if it still holds at all.