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Hi all

Just come back from our first outing in the pathfinder. Everything worked great, however when we tried to errect the awning we had problems. I have read previous post and they all say you should have 5 vertical legs. We are missing the clamp on vertical legs. Is this a problem? Also the roof sagged quite a bit and we could not resovle through tensing the poles. The roof flap at the front also flop down and again the small roof poles did not resovle the issue.

On the main unit  after a great deal of rain there was some water on the inside of the canvass but this did not come through the lining and everything was dry. Does the canvas have to get wet to be weathered in the future?

Thanks in adavnce

Think the pathfinder awning is similar to the crusader...we have 5 vertical poles (3 with bayonet fitting for middle and 2 end legs, 2 have clamps) and 5 roof poles (again, 3 with bayonnet fitting and 2 with clamps) that connect to the cabin.  There are then the 3 short poles for the flap at the front which are connected by 2 long poles that thread through the front of the flap and lift it up away from the front of the awning...hopefully the pole diagram will help, but it does get easier...honest!

The middle, cabin to awning, roof support slopes down towards the front of the awning.....Have I got this right?  If so that would mean that the front middle awning leg will actually be at an angle to the ground and not perpendicular. Not trying to hijack the thread...........just thought it may be relevent.

R

Hi Veema, that would mean that the bayonett fitting on the roof pole would not be inline with the socket on the leg and possibley putting strain on the fittings. The plastic socket on the leg is not angled to accomadate the slope of the middle roof pole. Now it maybe that the bayonett to socket fitting here is designed to be a "loose" fit to allow for a perpendicular leg and a sloping roof pole but somehow I am not sure. Just a grey area which I would like some direction on.

F