Hi,
We really need some more info on what you want to do or understand to help you better.
It appears you might be "only" talking about the awning on a Sunline camper. Piecing your responses together, the question seems to be this in blue.
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Originally Posted by paul1953
They bought it last year with the previous owner said didn’t work ��*♂️ Looks like it’s rolled tight as it should be. We’re they know for awning issues. ? It’s a 1999
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In 1999, the main camper awning was an option on both the Saturn and Solaris line of campers. If the camper was ordered by the customer or the dealer with the "Preferred Options Group" the camper would come with a Dometic A & E manual roll up awning. Odds are high, it could of been a Sunchaser model awning.
You may or may not know if your awing was original from Sunline, or someone added it later. If you know the brand & model of awning , we can be more specific in answers. Assuming the awning may be the original from Sunline, and an A & E awing, then the below applies. All may be not apply if you have a different brand.
The A & E awnings of the time where good in my opinion. Most used the vinyl fabric in place of the acrylic cloth.
The awning worked well once the owner understood how to open and close them, and the setup of holding it down in the wind. The setup/ take down process was not intuitive if you never dealt with an RV style awning. But once understood, and the sequence of doing the task, the awning worked well.
The vinyl fabric could last approx. 10 years +/- pending the state the camper lived in and if the camper was stored outside and under covered all the time. The sun bakes the first approx. 12" of the exposed awning fabric by the roof line and becomes brittle. The stitching lets go from the sun bake or tears in the fabric start from being brittle from the sun damage. The fabric can be changed and is common to do so on an older camper. The awning tube, arms and hardware can all be reused as is, just the fabric is changed.
The springs that tension the awning, can go many years if use correctly, 20 plus years is common, but again how many times in the 20 plus years it opened or closed has a bearing on the life of the springs. I have several 20 year old A & E awnings that still work well and could expect 10 to 15 more years without issue, except the fabric life.
At this time, most all parts are still available. The mechanical parts can be damaged from miss use or storm damage. Wear and tear on some parts can be replaced. Due to the cost of a complete new awning, replacing the needed parts most times is very price favorable verses a whole new awning.
Hope this helps
John
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