Ostrich Wing Awning Replacing the Canvas

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REPLACING THE CANVAS ON THE OSTRICH WING AWNING

Remove old Canvas

  1. Drill out the rivets
    a. 3 rivets on the arms
    b. 1 rivet at the end of the backing plate
  2. Remove the awning
    a. Release the Velcro flaps on the underside of the canvas
    b. Starting with the Leading Arm, slide the awning back towards the central hinge point
    while extracting the “rope” section from the groove in the arm.
    c. The extract the awning off the main backing plate sliding it away from the hinge
    point.
  3. Remove the “stretchie hook and pull strap” and transfer it to the new awning

Fit the new Canvas

  1. Slide the awning “rope” section into the groove in the main backing place ensuring that the rope is pulled in all the way up to the welded end plate. Do not rivet yet.
  2.  Slide the other edge of the awning into the groove of the Leading arm by feeding the “rope” into the recess provided in the groove. Pull the end past this recess so that it can drop into the groove and then pull the end back towards the hinge point. Do not rivet yet
  3. Fit the awning to the vehicle, open it and attach the “stretchie hook” to the eye nut at the end of the leading arm.
  4. Attach the Velcro envelopes on the underside of the canvas to their respective frames
  5. Pull the awning over the end of each frame until the stitched corner of the canvas coincides with the top edge of the frame end cap.
  6. Drill through the canvas so that the hole coincides with the existing hole in the frame and rivet the canvas to the frame using a large flange rivet
  7. Now on the Main backing plate, pull the awning forward to a position which tightens the fabric into a nice straight and neat position and rivet the end to the backing plate

Note:

  1. When opening and closing the awning, always have the “Stretchie hook” disengaged.
  2. When opening the awning, at approx. the halfway position, check that the fabric has not snagged on the main bracket. It does invariably do this and requires the operator to simply lift the edge of the canvas over the edge of the main bracket.
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