How To Tighten Awning Spring

Once the arms are free rest the center of the roller tube on something like a six foot.

How to tighten awning spring.

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Put your awning. 1 lower the awning so the roller tube is as close to the ground as possible. 2 the support arm consists of an outer and inner section. If you are doing this solo with the center leg be careful not to bend your awning tube.

How to adjust the spring tension on your retractable screen. Step 1 prepare to re insert the cotter pin. The tension arms are what you adjust to make the awning taut after it has been lowered. How to adjust an rv awning spring first.

You are ready to tighten the spring. Received the new spring today. Remove the 2 phillips head screws from the bottom end of the outer section. Free the support arms.

The cotter pins are the ones that lock the spring tension securely while taking down the rv awning. When you release the tension in the spring the cotter pin that is inserted in the holes in the awning arms are removed. If you are using a help tell him to hold on tight now wind the whole leg clockwise pretty sure its clockwise for the rear leg just follow the arrow on the awning knuckle they all have them.