Bent Arm On 10x10 Awning

Commonly found on motorhomes or large trailers with straight sides.

Bent arm on 10x10 awning.

This is a set of left and right awning arm hardware for the use with dometic 9100 power awnings. Somewhat off topic of a awning enclosure tube but may be useful if a rectangular awning frame tube is damaged. When it was retracting i guess the awning motor and arm got in a fight when the strut failed as it pulled two of the mounting bolts out of the side of the camper with it. I had an oops moment a few weeks ago which resulted in the main support arm for my tt s awning getting warped.

The easiest method to repair a slightly bent arm is to find either a hitch if you are dealing with an rv or an outdoor chair with a sturdy metal frame and then wedge the awning beam inside until the apex of the bend is next to the support bar of the hitch of a chair. With assistance i can still extend retract the awning but will need to replace the damaged arm by next season. Typically used for new installations or as a replacement for bent or damaged awning arms. I own a 2012 outback 301bq with a dometic 9100 power awning.

If the tube is not bent too bad you could make something like my awning support and deploy the awning good and then try and gently pull on the end of the awning on each end remove or loose the awning support arm from the side of the trailer when doing this to remove some of the bend in the roller tube. Once it s there then gently apply pressure so reverse the bend. I had a slightly bent about 1 1 2 inch curve awning frame tube on a trailer i bought used. While camping this year an unexpected gust of wind bent the awning arm located towards the rear of the trailer.

It s not a hard bend but rather warped enough that the upper and lower arms do no slide together smoothly. Posted in problems solutions after market. Dometic 9100 power awning bent awning arm. It is my.

Picture a 2x4 that is not flat but has a concave bend in it that is what i have. This was how i repaired our rv awning arm after i hit the house backing in after our last trip. Awning idler head for solera awning systems should be used with but does not include solera crank style driver head rollbar fabric arm assemblies and crank hook 228 79 323 34 solera awnings patio power awning front idler cover. I had to do some serious metal straightening to get it back w.