Trouble is it’s been 6 years since I worked on ours. Thankfully the campground owner in Custer, S.D., assisted me with temporary repairs (in order to get us out of a site reserved for others the coming evening) and we used his well-equipped shop to jury rig the drive. But I’ve forgotten too many details, other than him helping to hold the tube while I uninstalled and reinstalled the motor on the entry door end. Seems we had the thing extended, both were on ladders or stepladders, and there was a slight trick to finagling the two halves of the black end cover.
Sure wish I could remember and help more, but as Steve says the instructions should be adequate; that’s more than I had when I had to figure it out as I went. I also wish now that I’d looked at the new motor BCS put in a month or two later... I’m curious if an upgraded shaft was used. I remember being aggravated with Carefree that I couldn’t just buy a new little sleeve when there was absolutely nothing wrong with the old motor. Maybe a new shaft/sleeve design was why.
Ours had a single flat and it didn’t take much of some action interference, like a pine cone or something jamming in an arm, or a minor misalignment or other resistance to cause the aluminum sleeve the shaft engages to strip out against the hard steel shaft. Two flats would be an improvement I reckon, but it’s still hard steel vs. soft aluminum.
If an owner hears chattering out of his awning arms extending or retracting, he should cease its use and have it expertly checked before the sleeve let’s go on a freeway.
Joel
