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[a/s] ZipDee Wind-up



The factory is absolutely superb about 
sending replacement parts; just be sure
you know as near as you can when your
awning was made and the exact length of
it. 

Their formula for winding a new spring:
length of the awning plus 1.  My own for
rewinding a used spring which has lost some of its spring is more like
plus l0 --
maybe less, probably!  If you get it too
tight, it will jerk the thing away from you,
so it is better to wind too little, try it a 
couple of times and then adjust + or - .
Use extreme caution.  One fellow down
here, recently lost a finger.  So dangerous
that he did not know it was missing until he saw all of the blood!

Donald at Port O'Call, Melbourne, FL
kribbs4ASNET@webtv.net     #2875