Another Zip Dee awning question

[crittenden_bliss]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,

We broke the the tube and tore the fabric on our main awning. Zip Dee
said do yourself a favor and order the tube with a new spring
installed and the fabric with the first aluminum slat attached. I'm
glad we did, the cost was very little additional.
Crit Bliss '80FC33 chatham,ma.









"davidkerryedwards" wrote:
>
> Worked on mine last year. When I bought it it had no tube, just the
end bars so I ordered
> the tube with the spring from Zip Dee but they sent one too short so
they sent another
> empty tube and I took the end cap and spring off the original and
put it in the new one. It
> was almost a year ago so my memory may be faulty, but as I recall,
there is a stamped
> indentation in the tube. The spring has a shaped casting at the
inboard then that is
> stopped from spinning by a notch than slides around the indentation.
If yours is like that,
> I think all you need to do is find a way to grab the spring and pull
it out. Look for an
> indentation about a half inch deep and about six inches long. If
it's there, your system
> should be the same. The only complication I can imagine would be
if, when the spring
> broke, the inboard casting slipped further into the tube, beyond the
indentation. If it did,
> you're going to have to make sure it's in the correct orientation to
the indentation before it
> can be pulled out the way it went in.
>
> Kerry
> 82 Fc 35
> Denver
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Strehle"
wrote:
> >
> > I drilled ou the necessary rivets to get the end cap casting out.
And
> > sure enough (Bruce) the spring is broken. Half of the spring came
out
> > with the cap. The other half is still inside attached(?) to the
center
> > casting? Please tell me I don't have to get the center casting piece
> > out also? How is the spring attached to the center casting?
> >
> > Thanks, Keith
> >
>