Awning Trouble?

[HDRider]

We are on the road, maybe another day to home.  I don't use our awning very much because it seems there is always too much wind and it retracts on its own.

 

I do put it out from time to time just to make sure it is working and to let it air out after a rain.

 

I put it out this morning.  Left it out for an hour or two and put it back in.

 

When it went in I did not hear that little clunk as it finished retracting.  Looking at the front of the awning it looks like it is not going all the way in, maybe lacks a half inch or so.

The first pic shows it out.  The second pic show the back of the waning.  It is all the way in.  The last pic show me pushing the front in.  It goes in with a push.

Am I imagining this?  Or is it not right?  Lastly, am I OK driving another 600 miles home with it out like that?

 

Maybe the most important question is; Can you tell me how to fix it? 

 

Thanks

[jd1923]

43 minutes ago, HDRider said:

Am I imagining this?  Or is it not right?  Lastly, am I OK driving another 600 miles home with it out like that?

Maybe the most important question is; Can you tell me how to fix it? 

Certainly not right. I would fully extend and retract your awning a couple times to see if you can get it to kick into place (hearing your "clunk"). If it stays out, I would tie it up on that end or both ends prior to traveling at highway speeds.

Our Fiamma manual awning does not fully engage on the rear when closed. We travel with this strap in place. There is also a recent thread on this:

 

[Tom and Doreen]

There is an adjustment for that.  There should be a description as to how to make that adjustment in your "Oliver Standard Components Manual". 

Edited 20 hours ago by Tom and Doreen

[HDRider]

18 hours ago, Tom and Doreen said:

There is an adjustment for that.  There should be a description as to how to make that adjustment in your "Oliver Standard Components Manual". 

Thanks so much.  That sure sounds like it.

 

I found it in the manual after you pointed it out.  I had hoped it would show how to revel the motor, but your quote is verbatim.

 

I DO NOT SEE the motor.  Do I have to remove something to get to the motor?

[HDRider]

@Tom and Doreen Hold on.  I now see the motor.

 

I can only see the Allen screw with the - sign.  I think that is right.  Your excerpt says "The motors are labeled with a + or a - to indicate the adjustment direction".

 

Can the Allen screw only be turned one direction as indicated by the arrow?

 

 

[Steph and Dud B]

The Allen screws can be turned in either direction. The plus and minus in the photo explains what happens when you turn that screw in that direction. For example, on the left side of the photo above, turning the Out screw counterclockwise reduces (-) how far the awning goes out. If you turned it clockwise instead, the awning would extend more. You want to turn your In screw in the + direction to make your awning pull in farther. Adjust it a little at a time and try the awning after each adjustment until you get it right.