Stripped Awning Support Arm Screws

[danielm300]

I recently decided to re-caulk the upper support arm screws on my awning. After applying silicon to the screws, a couple of them were stripped out and wouldn't tighten. My question is twofold. (1) Are they mounted to the aluminum structure or are they screwed into a wooden block support? (2) If mounted to aluminum should I try larger lag bolts or would jack nuts work? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[RMcNeal]

I had to have some replaced on mine and they used "Oscar" rivets.
https://www.amazon.com/Dometic-11300.../dp/B01LZP94U2

[Daryles]

For the wall rail the fabric slides into, Dometic recommends Oscar rivits as RMcNeal mentioned above.
For the aluminum arms, mine have fat lag bolts.
I would use a stud finder (or Walabot) to see if there is an aluminum stud behind there.
If so, maybe a fatter lag bolt. If not, maybe a 1/4" jack nut.

[mlh]

I’d put bigger screws in it so the next time I needed to take it off it will be easier to remove. I would replace all the screws.
Lynwood

[wed]

Rivets should be the answer