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Originally Posted by JohnB
Your center rafter has the fold down leg that is stored in it. Mind does not but has the space for it. I found one but it is $57 plus shipping just for the leg.
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Yeah, I had the option for either, but General only stocks the combo because it's demanded most. They'd have to special order the regular one, and the price would be similar or possibly more. They hadn't ordered a regular one in a while, so they didn't know a current price.
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Originally Posted by JohnB
So for that price I can pick up some thin wall sq tubing and make one. but it would be nice to see how Dometic does it.
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Unfortunately I took the trailer back to storage today, but we happened to get two rafters, one for me and one for my dad's toy hauler. I went into the basement and just got some pics of that one. The whole weekend has been extremely windy, so I really contemplated putting off the drilling of the hole in the awning tube. Fortunately I got a few minutes when the wind died down, so I was able to do that, but I never put it up at all so that the ground support could go down. I did try it in the basement before I took it outside to know how it works though. I didn't want to take the shrink wrap off the other one, so I'll just explain the operation.
Upon looking at the other one, it looks like the inner part is simply bolted into the other arm:
To latch the ground support into the arm, loosen the adjustment knob for the ground support and fold the ground support into the arm. Rotate the ground plate to sit flat against the inside face of the arm (this is the gray part). Retract the ground support inside itself to where the rivets holding the ground plate on fit into the groove inside the arm. Then tighten the ground support adjustment knob. That's all there is too it. Here's a few pics:
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Originally Posted by JohnB
OK how do you get all this help? I was drilling under the camper today and about and came out felling like "Gumby". Have a spring hanger problem I'm addressing. It is times like this when I need to invite son over. The can crawl under and drill over head a lot easier on the more limber types...
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That's a good question. They seem to invite themselves in to help, which I really can't complain about. Especially my Grandpa. He always has to be busy with something. I've noticed recently that my suspension is starting to squeak a lot, so I've been contemplating doing the wet bolt/bronze bushing upgrade. It's currently got 2222.8 miles on it, including the original trip from the Sunline factory, so I'm a bit surprised it's this bad already. He doesn't know this yet, but if I just mentioned that I was thinking about this, he'd want to start on it first thing tomorrow. I put some Vaseline on the DC today because it really made a lot of noise and was starting to wear, so I could really tell how much noise the suspension was making and not the DC.
Jon
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2007 T-286SR Cherry/Granola, #6236, original owner, current mileage: 9473.8 (as of 6/18/21)
1997 T-2653 Blue Denim, #5471
1979 12 1/2' MC, Beige & Avocado, #4639
Past Sunlines: '97 T-2653 #5089, '94 T-2251, '86 T-1550, '94 T-2363, '98 T-270SR