1940LTD hard to install canvas support bars

[Emma2020]

As my wife and I are getting older it is becoming difficult to install the overhead bars that hold the canvas tent ends up in place. This is the white L shaped bar that hooks into the end frame and then into the bracket mounted on the ceiling. Any help to figure a way to reduce the pushing power would be great.

[bikendan]

Moved thread from the Modifications and Updates section to the Tent Camper and Popup section since the OP's questions are specific only to popups.

[Briorick]

Originally Posted by Emma2020

As my wife and I are getting older it is becoming difficult to install the overhead bars that hold the canvas tent ends up in place. This is the white L shaped bar that hooks into the end frame and then into the bracket mounted on the ceiling. Any help to figure a way to reduce the pushing power would be great.

In our last HW popup we had the same issue as you, causing it to be a bit harder to set up one of the ends with the L shaped poles.

So what I did was, after we were done camping, i kept out the pole I was to shorten, and used a marker and hack saw and cut off approx 1/2" of the bracket that attached to the inner bracket.

Next time out....what a world of difference setting it up. Canopy was still taught and poles were easier to install without all the added exertion. Worked great!

Life was good once again. Such a simple, well deserved, fix it was.