Girard Awning motor install

[LaMonte Monnell]

I received the new awning motor from Girard Saturday and spent most of the day trying to figure it out.

The first thing I realized was that a clip that secures the plastic end cap was missing from the box. So I can't install the new motor today.

I have an email in to Girard for the clip.

Has anyone done the adjustment for the retraction and the extension?

I read where you adjust this by the small allen wrench screws which 1/4 turn is 1 inch of movement.

Hopefully the adjustment will be as simple as the instruction paper says.

The motor is now metal instead of plastic, and there are two studs on the motor to attach the bracket to with locknuts instead of bolts.

[Gerald Farris]

LaMonte,
Adjusting the limit switches is the easy part of the job. Loosening the awning mounting bolts and moving the awning out far enough to remove and replace the motor is the hard part of the job.

Gerald

[Jerry Pattison]

I have an interesting issue on the motor.  I seems that mud-dawbing bees got into the awning, and plastered some mud inside, messing up my limit switches.  Any advice on a solution?

[Greg Kamper]

I know this is old, but I'm wondering if you were able repair the motor yourself. I had a problem with my motor last week. The awning extended all the way out and the motor kept running past the end. I stopped it manually and had to retract it by hand. What I didn't realize was that it rolled up the wrong way and when I got to the end it was hard to get in and I didn't know my own strength and snapped the manual crank bell off. Now it's wedged in there and the motor will not release it.