Caravan Awning Spring Tension

Our caravan awning tension has been horrible since we bought the van so i increased the closing tension by.

Caravan awning spring tension.

First get a hold of the tube with the aid of a pair of vice grips. You can leave the support arms hanging freely but it might help to simply slide the stops back into the leg channel. Again with your helper slide the stitched in cord of the awning material into the rope track on the caravan. We should test the tension before doing anything else.

Now that you are going to re tension the spring it s time to insert it back after you have reinstalled the torsion assembly. Hi all i have recently bought a rally kampa 390 porch awning off ebay it came with storm straps but no tension springs and no pegs for straps can anybody tell me what tension springs would be suitable for the straps many thanks for your quick replies. This will tension the spring assemblies. The cotter pins are the ones that lock the spring tension securely while taking down the rv awning.

Tension springs sign in to follow this. You do not need to put the screws back in. Reattach the rear awning leg and lower both leg sections completely. Roll the awning back up to observe how tight it is.

Now with your helper stand up the awning assembly and fold over the material two to three times pull down on the material and folding over another two to three times.