| Zip Dee awning removal [message #282112] |
Tue, 14 July 2015 17:06  |
Harry
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Registered: October 2007
Location: Victoria, BC CANADA
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Is there some information on the removal of an awning?
Are they spring loaded?
Thank you.
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| Re: Zip Dee awning removal [message #282114 is a reply to message #282112] |
Tue, 14 July 2015 17:25  |
Bob S.
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Registered: October 2012
Location: Rapid City, SD
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Hi Harry, Yes the Zip Dee awning is spring loaded and there are instructions on Zipdee's website on how to remove them. My wife and I replaced the fabric on ours last summer and it wasn't a very difficult project. The hardest part is getting the old fabric out of the protective metal covering. Once you get that done the rest is simple.
Bob and Pam Schilling
Rapid City, SD
"78 Royale
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| Re: Zip Dee awning removal [message #282115 is a reply to message #282112] |
Tue, 14 July 2015 17:26 |
lqqkatjon
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Location: St. Cloud, MN
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Spring loaded normally on one side of awning on rear side of coach.
Get tall friend to hold awning. Then slowly extens awning out past the 4th hole. Hang onto it tight or have another friend help hold it. It is wound using that upper arm/awining head for leverage. Just unwind it slow without letting go. Should be about 10 wraps.
If it does not snap back too hard when you close it. The it should not be too bad to unwind. Just be really careful because it could be under a bunch of tension from a prior winding.
I am 175 pound short guy and under normAl tension i can handle the wind as long as i gave a good grip on that with a friend who has a solid grip on tube.
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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| Re: [GMCnet] Zip Dee awning removal [message #282117 is a reply to message #282112] |
Tue, 14 July 2015 17:33 |
James Hupy
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Registered: May 2010
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David, yes, they are spring loaded, usually on the tail end of the coach.
Most people do not posses enough hand/wrist strength to hold the spring by
the cast piece that says zip-dee. I take a 18" piece of square tubing the
same dimensions as the attachment arm, and bolt it to the casting as a
handle. Leave the awning clamped onto the coach, remove the lower bolts on
the attachment arm so that is free from the coach. Then, remove the bolt
and nut through the casting, remove the arm and replace it with the 18"
handle you made. ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE BOLTED THAT HANDLE SECURELY TO THE
CASTING DO YOU EVEN CONSIDER LOOSENING THAT CLAMP WHEEL ON THE CASTING.
YES, I AM SHOUTING HERE. WEAR GLOVES AND HOLD ON TO THAT HANDLE SECURELY.
IF IT SLIPS OUT OF YOUR HAND, BAD STUFF WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR BODY. ask me
how I know that. You will be able to hold the awning far enough away from
the coach to unwind the spring. COUNT THE TURNS, YOU WILL NEED TO
PRE-TENSION THE SPRING WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. BE CAREFUL. THINK ALL
MOVES BEFORE YOU TAKE THEM. DRINK ALCOHOL ONLY AFTER THIS JOB. NOT BEFORE.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or.
78 GMC ROYALE 403.
On Jul 14, 2015 3:06 PM, "David H. Jarvis" wrote:
> Is there some information on the removal of an awning?
> Are they spring loaded?
> Thank you.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Zip Dee awning removal [message #282213 is a reply to message #282145] |
Wed, 15 July 2015 22:18 |
Don A
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Dallas, TX
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Emery, great to see you up to posting again.
Wishin you continued speedy recovery.
Don Adams Dallas, TX
'76 26' Glenbrook, '90 Sidekick
rebuilt by R Archer, powered by J Bounds, Koba
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