I am “average handy”…went camping, had the awning extended for the week, and when i went to retract it, nothing happened…tested the switch and the power feed, those were fine. Figured out out how to manually retract it so I could travel home. Got home, watched your video, and thought, “I can do that!”. And i did! Removed the old motor so I could order a replacement. When it came in I tackled the job alone. Thank god for your video!!!! New motor was $180; saved perhaps $300 on labor, likely $100 on a motor, and I thank you for clearly laying out this job for me. I am so appreciative of your excellent video.
@@sledgehammer67 thanks for the comment brother. The reason i put this type of video up is to help regular people save money on issues that don’t have much instruction. Good job.
Great video replaced the motor on my awning went pretty much how he explained it would. Only have one thing to add, if you have a 2nd ladder tall enough I clamped a 2x4 to the step closets to the hight of the awning to help hold the weight of the awning while I had the motor off. Seemed to make it a lot easier
Your comedy was cracking me up😂. Throw it at your wife. Lol. I took out my motor last night, trying to get a quote for a replacement. Mine has brown ends but i believe its still 9100. Informative and good video, thanks.
i have the same problem of awning stuck closed, is this motor repairable at all? also my wind sensor keeps blowing when trying to open the awning, and this is my second one. i think the motor is shorting it, and blowing it. and at 400.00 bucks i got to get the motor replaced. im gonna use your video to help me work on my awning... thanks for making it.
I dont know enough about electric motors to repair this one. The average handyman is not going to be able repair this motor with success. My awning does not have a wind sensor so I really can’t help troubleshoot that, but I would imagine if the motor is frozen it could pop that fuse when the switch gets pushed.
I have not changed my awning material yet. I plan to do it this year, my local camper supply place sells it by the foot already made, they just roll it out and cut whatever length is needed. Amazon does sell replacement awnings.
Counter clockwise should tighten it, but it should be wound tight in the extended position. If you wind in the spring with the awning retracted it will not be able to extend. I hope this helps.
Well, just about everything in a camper is built to a minimum standard, so I would say they are made to last just long enough to no be covered under warranty.
I can’t be 100% on this, but if you secure the arm so it will not spring out, then remove the front hex head bolt, you should be able to lift the motor side of the awning up and unwrap the awning one good turn, then put that sleeve back into the arm and secure it back with the hex head bolt. The motor side is not under any spring tension and with the awning all the way in the opposite end does not have enough built up energy to spring out on you. Hope that helps.
There may be a micro switch, but not on these regular dometic styles. For a normal style either something is not aligning correctly and blocking the frame or the spring may need to be turned a time or two. Turning the spring is a real pain so i would look for something not aligning.
I am sure it can be if you can find a place that does it but by the time a person pays for parts and 2 hours labor it makes more since to by a new one.
