Awning attachment

tom geiger

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Was looking at my attachment of my old Zip Dee awning and it looks like my screws on the attachment plate are coming out. Anyone have a good repair
proceedure on this? Looks like they were going into fiberglass??
 
If there is a metal piece behind the fiberglass then longer screws might work. Otherwise use large pop rivets.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO

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> Was looking at my attachment of my old Zip Dee awning and it looks like my screws on the attachment plate are coming out. Anyone have a good repair
> proceedure on this? Looks like they were going into fiberglass??
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Tom, I have repaired a couple of awning fastener tear-outs. On the rear of
26 foot coaches. Not much meat in there on some coaches, more in others.
One coach, I had to reinforce the outside with an aluminum plate about 6"
square. I used pop rivets to secure the plate to the coach, and riv-nuts in
the plate to secure the awning bracket. Worked well. If the coach is
cracked from collision damage, then you will have to get inside the panel
and repair it with cloth and a compatible resin to SMC. The coach is NOT
fiberglass, and polyester resin will not make a satisfactory repair. Todd
Sullivan can tell you the correct resin to use on the sheet moulded
compound.
Jim Hupy

> Sounds good on the large pop rivits. Any idea how long?
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We have a small adapter plate that will allow one to use slightly different
screw locations and not look like somone screwed up.
Call me so I can send you pics.

> Tom, I have repaired a couple of awning fastener tear-outs. On the rear of
> 26 foot coaches. Not much meat in there on some coaches, more in others.
> One coach, I had to reinforce the outside with an aluminum plate about 6"
> square. I used pop rivets to secure the plate to the coach, and riv-nuts in
> the plate to secure the awning bracket. Worked well. If the coach is
> cracked from collision damage, then you will have to get inside the panel
> and repair it with cloth and a compatible resin to SMC. The coach is NOT
> fiberglass, and polyester resin will not make a satisfactory repair. Todd
> Sullivan can tell you the correct resin to use on the sheet moulded
> compound.
> Jim Hupy
>

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> > Sounds good on the large pop rivits. Any idea how long?
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