Awning question.

[Bobbie54]

So I got my manual awning- finally! Escape shipped it down to Mt. Vernon (Wa) and Blade RV installed it.

Edit 2- part 2 figured out, partially, when I freed one pole the awning started to roll back up. Is that normal?

And part 3- when I close it it isn't rolling up all the way. Should it? See pics.

OKAY- figured out part one below. Now I'm stuck on removing the posts to make them freestanding. That's not on the video. Is it possible?


Part one- fixed
We went through opening it a bit but now when I try to repeat it at home I'm stuck. In the manual awning video I'm at 2:35. I have the first sliding arm pieces locked in. I push the button that Reece says to use as a lever and try to open the awning more and nothing. It seems to still be locked.

I don't know if I'm not pushing hard enough or if something else has to be unlocked. Any help? He says earlier in the video (during opening) not to force it but does it take more strength to push the arms out? Would they be sticky new? Or am I missing something I should unlock?

[Bobbie54]

And... I figured it out. I hadn't clicked it in at the top. Once I did that it looks much better.

Man, I could have used that in-house orientation!

This reminds me a little of when I learned to change a bike tire. A friend showed me how, we took off the tire, found a hole, patched it. In the morning it was flat. I took it off, found that the original hole had gone through to the other side, patched. that. Rode to the library- came out, it was flat. I'd punched a new hole taking the tire off. Fixed that- and by then I pretty much knew the drill!

[Ops]

Don't feel bad Robert1954.
We were finishing our maiden voyage last year, just about done, and I FUBAR'd the closing of our manual awning.
Desperate, I called ETI for HELP.
Within a few minutes (seemed like hours) I got a callback and all the instructions to recover from not following instructions.
Gotta say ... it was much appreciated, as is the copious amount of knowledge and advice provided in this forum.