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<blockquote data-quote="HeadsUp" data-source="post: 99667" data-attributes="member: 414"><p>I had a near miss today with an awning i picked up "online"</p><p></p><p>it is held together with aluminium rivets and a couple of them sheared off under light vibration</p><p></p><p>I drilled out all of them one at a time and replaced the soft aluminium rivets with 4.8 mm diameter <u>steel bodied rivets</u> , and used double the number of rivets too.</p><p></p><p>Anyone that has one of these wouldnt get 2 hours up the desert roads outback without them falling apart</p><p></p><p>having your awning fall off your vehicle is one thing , having it spear through somebodies windscreen is another.</p><p></p><p>I am not sure it matters what brand of chinese awning you have , 90 % of them have identical extrusions and identical construction , the only difference is the label.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/414/1410090502_awning_fix.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeadsUp, post: 99667, member: 414"] I had a near miss today with an awning i picked up "online" it is held together with aluminium rivets and a couple of them sheared off under light vibration I drilled out all of them one at a time and replaced the soft aluminium rivets with 4.8 mm diameter [u]steel bodied rivets[/u] , and used double the number of rivets too. Anyone that has one of these wouldnt get 2 hours up the desert roads outback without them falling apart having your awning fall off your vehicle is one thing , having it spear through somebodies windscreen is another. I am not sure it matters what brand of chinese awning you have , 90 % of them have identical extrusions and identical construction , the only difference is the label. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/414/1410090502_awning_fix.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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