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Part Missing Above Awning

I was on the roof of our 2005 for the first time today and noticed there appears to be something missing from the awning installation. There is a bead of silicone on the roof and another on the awning that run the entire length of the awning.  It appears that it was a shield of some sort to keep water from running between the awning and the coach.  Anyone know what should be there.
Steve DeLange
2005 U320T 40'
Pearland, Texas

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Reply #1 –
Quote from: sedelange –
I was on the roof of our 2005 for the first time today and noticed there appears to be something missing from the awning installation. There is a bead of silicone on the roof and another on the awning that run the entire length of the awning.  It appears that it was a shield of some sort to keep water from running between the awning and the coach.  Anyone know what should be there.

If it's a Girard 2000, according to the installation manual, p. 52, it's a piece of weatherstripping.

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Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

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Michelle, tried to open the PDFS on my iPad and was a nogo!
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

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Quote from: rbark –
Michelle, tried to open the PDFS on my iPad and was a nogo!

Richard - it's a HUGE file (5 MB).  Did you try downloading it first?  Do you have Acrobat Reader on your iPad?

ETA I can open it directly on the forum with my laptop.  We have no way to test anything for an iPad, though.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

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Reply #4 –
Richard, here is just page 52, which is much smaller. You will still need a .pdf document reader such as Acrobat to open it though.
Dick, '03 U320 40' Tag, 2 slides, Coach #6075
Full Timers
2009 Honda CR-V

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Michelle, Dick, don't have acrobat reader on my iPad, but was able to open the one page that dick posted. Thanks!
  Spending the night in Sherman Tx tonight so we can get our brakes done tomorrow at Red River Truck. :)
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

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Thanks Michelle.  I guess I will be trying to order one tomorrow.  I notice it calls for four beads of silicone.  I have only two, probably the reason I came off.  My anemometer is also missing one of the cups, so I can fix everything at once.

 
Steve DeLange
2005 U320T 40'
Pearland, Texas
 

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Reply #7 –
Steve,
When our Girard awning started leaking, the techs at Foretravel laid two large beads of silicone on top of, and/or under edge of the gasket.  No more leaks.  The two beads you are seeing may be from a similar repair.  Before my repair I did not see any beads of silicone.
Bill and Joyce, The House2 and Dashboard Pig III
2000 U320 4210 CAI (The House2)
Build # 5733
2019 F150 King Ranch FX4