How To Replace A Awning Gas Strut

Once it rotates freely you can pry of the lock washer with very little effort and remove the faulty gas strut.

How to replace a awning gas strut.

Since the switch is inside the coach i wasn t able to see the strut bending during retraction. The pvc pipe slips over the arm and wedges between the door and the top of the rv gas spring housing. Gas strut replacement on power awning. This video explains how to take the guess work out of changing your gas springs.

Carefully grind off about 3 of the lock washer teeth. The new gas strut is under a lot of pressure so it will be difficult to line up the strut with the pin holes. They simply cut a few pieces of 1 2 pvc to length and ripped a 1 4 slot down the middle making it wide enough to slip over the extended arm of the gas spring. At this point the lock washer should rotate independent of the strut pin.

I ve read the instructions in the carefree manual for the replacement but was just trying to confirm you are leaving the pins in at the track and joint that hold the shock and just unscrewing the shock from the silver eye at the end of it. To replace the struts on my weatherpro power awning extend the the awning fully. My shock came with new eyes on either end. These are the shock looking things that hold up compartment doors and tail g.

Does anybody have the replacement part number or specs length lbs of force to purchase locally for the electric awning gas struts. If it does not rotate freely grind off another tooth until it does rotate freely. Replaced two over 23 yrs. I had one that was binding.

I m going to replace the two gas shocks on my rear awning. This releases a lot of the tension on the strut. One good tip is the end pieces of the strut screw off so you should only have to remove one pin that holds the strut in place. Has anyone had to replace one of these.

I have a weak gas strut on our dometic 9100 series power awning. I have sent an email to dometic customer service since the strut is not listed on their replacement parts list and have not received a response. Quick video with another possible option to close compress a hydraulic strut piston that can t be easily closed by hand made with spliceapp http get sp.