I was concerned about the spring arms also, should I get that far, but Jeff at Bend RV Repair said they weren’t particularly strong and wouldn’t be troublesome. With the thing closed and the arms and awning blocking the 3 screws holding the case to the coach, and the big awning’s arm preventing me from sliding the motor out, I reassembled it all and will begrudgingly pay a pro to replace the motor. The big awning’s arm may be no big deal for someone familiar with it, but Jeff implied it had to be done right to stabilize that awning, and maybe a 2 man job, a luxury I don’t have. And past experience with that doggone awning - I just don’t care to revisit anything to do with it; get an arm imperceptibly out of alignment and wear the motor drive shaft sleeve (the only real thing holding the awning closed)... let’s just say it’s not mountain freeway friendly.
At least I probably saved a little labor time in that a tech won’t have to diagnose the OtD awning. Hmmmm... well, for his own ease of mind he likely will anyway, sigh 😪.
Joel