Zip Dee Awning Question

[davidkerryedwards]

Can you elaborate some more? Have you installed a new spring? The power of the
spring
should retract the awning back up to the coach. When you put the spring in the
tube, you
have to wind it up using the arm as a lever, then re-attach the arm to the
bottom section.
You can control the amount of 'oomph' the spring has in retracting the awning by
winding
it tighter or unwinding it a few turns. You need to be careful in carrying out
this
operation, so you don't lose control of the spring. I did it while standing on
a stepladder.

Kerry
82 FC 35
Denver

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Strehle"
wrote:
>
> After freeing up one of the awning arms, I have gotten around to the
> spring replacement part of the job. I deployed the awning for the
> second time last night. First time I had to roll it up by hand.
> Actually it kinda fell down. But it's in the deployed position. Is
> there a trick to lowering/raising these awnings into position? It was
> more work than I expected just to get it up. I had to use a step
> ladder to reach the arm locking pins and pushing the awning up into
> place was not easy.
>
> Any advice from the group would be appreciated.
>
> Keith
> 84FC35
>