How We: Install Dometic Awning Replacement Fabric
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This was a Dometic 9100 awning that we replaced the fabric on.
This is the awning we installed
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Great video!!! The two of us just finished the job!!! We could not have done it without your help!!!
@@terrificterri1957 so glad to hear that!
Very helpful. This method, pinning the motor, made the procedure so much simpler. No way I wanted to mess with untensioning and retensioning the awning roller. I just used small lag screws to replace the rivets.
Thank You, one of the better videos I’ve seen for dometic awning replacement. Very informative! Your delivery and instruction was Great!
Thanks for your feedback and thank you for watching! 😊
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@@frostieswift4887 Thanks so much!
much respect for you two as ran a woodworking business going to people's houses - not an easy task by any means. Buddy Sheldon runs Beech Grove RV repair in Marcellus so really appreciate that you folks do this for a living plus and video it to share with others. Best of luck to both of you
@@harryatvick thanks, brother. Appreciate the comment!
Thank you! We followed your video to a T and were able to easily replace our awning!
Awesome! Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing. "I bought this rivet gun, well, because it was cheap" That was my favorite part of the video, lol. I thought the rivet gun was slipping on the stems until I realized your rivets were super, extra long. I found some much shorter and they worked great.
Thanks for this video. It was very helpful. Not an easy job but all your tips make complete sense.
@@graemewatson8381 glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much to the both of you. I would not have attempted renewing my electric awning without watching your video a number of times. There are lots of manual awning videos, but not as many coving Dometic electric ones. Couple of points might help anyone else attempting to do the job themselves - my one had screws both ends, so might be worth checking before bursting a gut trying to pull the old one through. Also the gutter end spout was held in by a ton of caulking, but also TWO hidden screws, so it was a lot of fun getting the old one out!
This was the video that I needed to watch. I may have another season left in my awning. I just wasn't sure about the spring situation, and you showed exactly what I needed to know, so it won't unwind on me. I have plenty of zip ties that I will keep on hand, just in case the awning fabric comes apart while we are out on a trip. I'll probably just secure the arms and cut the fabric away and discard. I actually think I can do this job with the help of my son. Thanks for sharing!
Glad it helped!
Great video guys. My wife Cindy is my awning helper. We like awning jobs.
I followed how to do this job step by step. Worked out great. Best video I found. Had I not found this “how to”, I likely would have hired a RV guy to do the job. Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching. Glad it helped!
Thank you for this video! Our awning is now installed thanks to you. I ended up rigging a couple of ratchet straps to raise the awning back into place and it actually worked! One person could do it that way. So glad for the boost of confidence your video gave me to tackle it on my own.
So glad to hear this! Thanks for sharing!
Great video,i was nervous about replacing my fabric but i tackled it with ease,thank you
Thanks for watching. Glad it helped!
Your video was a god send....thank you to you and your lovely partner I'm sitting pretty with my newly installed awning. SHASTA LAKE HERE WE COME!!!2024
We’re so glad it was helpful to you! Enjoy your trip!!
Great video! Very informative, to the point. Gonna do mine soon. Thnx.
@@johnnyshoemaker6487 thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips and tricks I don’t think it could have been any easier God bless
Thanks! And thanks for watching 😊
I've heard that you can use spray silicon in the tracks (at the top, and on the torque tube) to help the awning glide into the channels better.
Yes you can. It helps.
You can also use a WATER SOLUBLE lubricant. Some people use dish detergent, but then it's going to foam up every time it rains or gets wet some other way. I recommend LUBE. Yeah, THAT kind of lube. 🍆 Over time it'll wash away without leaving any residue or attract dirt like silicon will.
Nice work guys! Very riveting video!
Ha! We see what you did there! 🤣
So since the old awning is trashed, why not just cut all the way down the length of the vinyl at the top( with utility knife or scissors)? Then slide that strip of material out of the retaining grove. That way the old awning is now separated and easier to lift off the arms. You wouldn't even need to unroll it until you got the tube onto the ground. Seems like a faster, more efficient way to get the old one off.
Unrolling it, while it is still attached, is absolutely more faster and efficient than trying to unroll the awning on the ground.
supplies/tools: new awning, rivet gun and 3/16 rivets, two zip ties, awl, painters tape, pool noodle or something to cushion the fabric from the sharp top of the arm, multi tool, and razor cutter
and a second person ☺
adhesive caulk for the gutter and a screwdriver
@@clwhite1127 yes! Thanks for listing those out. We have to start getting better at doing that for folks 😊
2:13 *Very Important,* for me, I was wondering why my new fabric was different.
I guess the "WeatherShield" can go into storage, to never be used again LOL
20:22 i say that too LOL thanks, now i know how dumb i sound when i say this 😳 haha
Thanks for the video! Lots of great details! One question, it seems you only had about one foot of fabric unwound when you pinned the torsion spring and then when you unpinned the new fabric, you had about three feet of fabric unwound. Wouldn’t this cause the spring to have less tension and the motor to have to work harder to wind the awning in?
No. The tension is the same. The awning arm shocks take up the excess tension. It’s a very low tension spring, on this, to begin with.
Why didn't you reinstall the aluminum awning cover?
Great video, a job I’m about to attempt soon myself. One question I have exactly how was the fabric size determined? Some video say end to end of fabric,other say center of each arm on opposing sides! Confused! Any help would be appreciated! I have a domestic but the tag gives information only on entire system and nothing about the fabric. THANKS GREAT JOB BY THE WAY!
It’s measured… from center is the arm to center of the other arm. Thanks for watching!
what's a good source for replacement awnings (besides the amazon one). Or is that the one you'd recommend for full timers? Also, are there spots along the track that could be potential for leaks? Thanks!
@@clwhite1127 Tough Top Awnings is the best quality but you’ll pay for that quality. Sometimes where the awning tracks are seamed together, there might be leaks. They need occasional silicone added there.
Good tricks with protecting the awning from sharp edges. Could you also spray a wd-40 or something into the channel when installing the awning? Or would it deteriorate it faster?
We wouldn't use WD40, as it would attract a lot of dirt, but we use a dry silicone spray, one with PTFE (Teflon) and that helps.
@missionrvservices ahhh perfect yes I will try that thank you for taking the time to respond and make this video
What fabric do you recommend? I think shade pro has a couple different fabrics
Love this 18:57
Thanks! We really appreciate your support!
How long were the rivets?
3/16 x 1”
After you put the fabric onto the tube, do you need to roll it up so that the fabric is tight before you attach tube back onto the arms?
Yes sir
great work. Looks like to deck helped some. Do you install the awning cover back on last? Thanks Don
We’ve never been asked to install one with the aluminum cover but yes, you’d slide the cover on after you slide the material into the track.
My spring hole is not lined up, any suggestions how to get it back to alignment?
To pin it? You have to tap your power button on the awning to rotate it to get it to line up.
@@missionrvservices I struggled with finding the Spring hole too. This comment was super helpful. Thanks!
what if an individual did not mark the motor properly before taking the motor out of the tube and the torsion spring unwound on the other end? Which way does the torsion spring get wound and how many turns? Is there a way to re index the motor? asking for a buddy - (yeah I'm asking for myself) :( Thx
8-9 turns clockwise. Make sure that the bracket lines up with the opposing bracket. Make sure you pin it after winding the spring. Having a second person helps.
@@missionrvservices thank you - what diameter should the pin be? And how do I get it out after getting it wound up? great videos!
@@lostsledder You'll see in the video, we use an orange "pick" and stick that through the hole into the end of the tube to hold it in place. We get these picks from Harbor Freight. Then when we're done, we just pull the pick out
I had the whole thing apart and after putting it back together it rolls up backwards. The white on he inside ends up on the outside. The switch is also reversed. I swapped the wires thinking the motor would go the other way but it still goes the same way. Is there a way to reverse the motor. I followed the video as far as rewinding the spring and all else. I am puzzled and so was the guy at coachman that i was on the phone with for half hour
that doesn't make much sense. Can you send us a pic of the awning extended to missionrvservices@gmail.com?
Did you put the roller on upside down?
I don't think I had the spring end off. If I did I thought the ends were different. The motor only would go on one end. Maybe I am wrong. Dometic does not know anything they sent me installation instructions and said that was all they had.. If the spring was wound wrong could that cause it? I was really surprised when I put in a jumper and reversed the wires and the motor still turned the same way. @@missionrvservices
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Why didn’t you reinstall the metal weather guard?
It’s attached to the old awning material. The customer opted to get new material without the guard as a cheaper alternative.
I folled your video but my retract extend switch button now is reversed and the awning goes out but will not come in. Help will be appreciated.
Do you have a 9200 Dometic awning? You may have a bad motor. What you’re describing would have nothing to do with your awning fabric replacement. Sounds like you’ve got something else going on.
Or check the wiring at your switch
@@missionrvservices I have the 9100 Dometic.
@@missionrvservices Seems like the motor reversed when it extended, extended faster than before I replaced awning. Have you ever heard anything like this?
@@missionrvservices With motor out of the tube it’s still reverses
Whats the charge for you to do this?
My RV repair guy charges $450 Canadian to install. I will tackle it my self.
0:56 Lay out in sun to _warm_
Well that's *Presumptuous,* it's 0⁰c here. It's going to freeze on me LOL
18:43 Isaiah 4:6? What is the point of the Bible verse?
Good video, thanks.
I had the same question. Weirdest cherry-pick I saw today.
😂She’s always awkward 27:08
LOL !!
VERY TRUE!