Our service advisor let us know on Wednesday that they did not have all the parts needed to install the awning, but that they did need to install an additional part on the slide topper, an anti-billow device. Evidently that piece will prevent the topper from unfurling in the wind as we go down the highway.
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The part that sticks up at the top turns with the roller. It will, if the roller starts moving when the slide is in, contact the coach and not allow the roller to turn any further. When the slide comes out, the part moves away from the side of the coach and the roller can turn freely.
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While Gracie was in the shop getting the flapper stopper installed, the hunt was still on for the missing parts...
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There are two sets of support arms, both the "new" style and the "old" style. We think that the plan is to use the "new" style of arms which needs a new style of supports.
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The controller is here too.
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The thing that is missing is the standoff on the side and the curved piece, that allows the arms of the awning to attach to the side of the coach and be able to go above the slide outs and mount to the curve of the roof. This is a picture from another coach that is in for service.
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This is a view from the other end of the awning on the other coach. (I asked Carl if he thought that we could just "lift" those couple of pieces from the other coach... but he thought the other owner might notice...)
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Our service advisor came out later in the morning to let us know that their parts department guy had found the needed parts in Dallas and in another (unnamed) location, and that he was ordering them to be sent from both places and that they should arrive on Thursday (today). Might this resolve our awning installation issue? We can only hope!
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