Replaces damaged hinge inserts on your Rhino-Rack Batwing or Foxwing awning. Connects awning poles to the hinge. Includes 2 hinge inserts.
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Adam: What's going on everybody Adam with Etrailer and we have a broken hinge on our bat wing awning. As you can see right here that is broke. The bottom two and the top two or what they're supposed to look like. So, we actually do have the replacement part at Etrailer on our website. So go ahead and check it out if you're having this issue. Today, we're going to be replacing these.Just to make it easy on ourselves, we're actually going to remove these two bars.
They haven't broken yet. So we just need a little Phillips to undo that screw and it should come right out. This will be an extremely easier fix if we had a couple more hands with us.All right once you take that out, this tube should just come right out. First thing we want to do is find the right size Allen key to fit in the top like that. And then I am using a half inch socket for the bottom nut.
We might need to use power tools here, but we didn't have it too tight so it's coming off by hand, just like that. We can pull the big long bolt through. And now we're going to have two different pieces, one on the bottom like this and same exact one on top, but our top ones are intact still. So, we're going to leave the top one in there. But now, we can take these guys out.
All right. Now we can take our replacement parts, put them in just like that. Take our plastic piece from the bottom, take our bolt from the top, feed that down through. Put that washer on there and now the nut. And then, of course we're just going to grab our Allen key and our socket and tighten that down.So now we can go ahead and start to reassemble all of our rods.
Well, as you guys saw, it was a very quick and easy installation process. All we really needed was a couple tools to get the job done real quick. And even if I had maybe a couple of extra set of hands, it would have been a lot quicker. So, this is also going to be for not only the Batwing awning, but also your Foxwing awning. So now that that's done and everything's fixed, I'm just going to go ahead and go back to enjoy my awning. Again, thanks for watching. Adam with Etrailer.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (83 Customer Reviews)
Replaces damaged hinge inserts on your Rhino-Rack Batwing or Foxwing awning. Connects awning poles to the hinge. Includes 2 hinge inserts.I ordered these as a precaution as my brother-in-law also has a Rhino-Rack Batwing. His got caught in a gust of wind and broke several of the hinge inserts. Hopefully I will never need to use mine. etrailer has always been helpful and a great company to do business with.
Work just like the original; fragile and frustrating, the idea of having these be replaceable is really good. But in my experience if one breaks just replace them all. I had one break, replaced it…. Then the next one broke…until all of the originals broke and had to be replaced within the same 2 week trip. I am considering having some machined out of a stronger material for me, I know the idea is to have a “weak” link to protect the rest but these are a bit too weak and have never broken in a situation where any other components would have been damaged if they did not fail but these are a necessity until I find a better way or get a higher quality awning, they work and are easy to replace.
Thank you so much! I couldn't even get these from Rhino..you folks are the best!
Got the parts fast! They were packed with care and a perfect fit! Carol wrote us afterwards to make sure we were content with our order. We found this company by searching the internet, but will use etrailer again because of the personalized customer service.
Tried to order this item locally from a competitor, they were supposed to be in stock and werent. I then found that etrailer had them in stock for the exact same price. Placed my order and had tracking information for that order within a couple hours. I then received my order 3 days later. This is how customer service should be. Especially at this current time with the pandemic and companies claiming they can't get in stock or it takes them an extra week or two to ship out an item due to limited staff
So here is the story: Bought a bat wing awning and was super stoked about it. That was until I set it up in the wind and quickly snapped 3 of the 4 hinges. Unfortunately I had to spend a sunny shade less day in the Wyoming sun. After getting home and taking a second look at the awing I realized the hinges are actually a engineered weak link that probably saved me from wrecking the whole awning. Ordered a few replacements from etrailer. The new hinges arrived quickly and worked exactly as described. Hopefully I don’t have to order any more replacements anytime soon but, if I do I know where I will buy them from.
Typically when a company designs a product to break that's a bad thing, but not so much here. Rhino-Rack beats the competition once again and designed their hinges to break when too much force is applied instead of bending the entire awning. I had my foxwing set up and got distracted (squirrel!) then a huge gust of wind came up over the hill and the entire awning lifted up and flopped over onto my truck! I expected to see bent metal and a ruined awning but instead it was only two hinges that snapped right at the base. Bummer for sure but the rack was unharmed and the new parts were an easy replacement with basic tools. I now keep an extra hinge in the attached pouch on my awning. Pro-tip, stake down those awnings!
El r - 06/01/2020Lesson to self… don’t put up your batwing in high winds but if you do buy your replacement hinges from E-Trailer. Fast reliable service at a great price! Thank you E-Trailer!
Our batwing wound up breaking in a wind storm. This was the exact part we needed to fix it and put it back into working order. Super quick shipping as well!
Our batwing awning hing broke after high wind and e trailer saved us by getting part to us within same week of order!
Replacement of the Batwing was simple & strait forward. Recommend that you purchase spare hinges as breakage of these is common.
Worked with no flaws. These break away peices are hard to find so i was glad that the wait was not to long.
don d - 06/10/2021I am very pleased with the product and the service from etrailer. I will be bu6from them more.
Have waited for months for Rhino to make parts available! Thanks to etrailer who stayed on top of my order I finally received them. FYI, ET send them out immediately and it took the pathetic postal service almost 3 weeks to deliver them! Thank you ET for your perseverance!
Fit well. Thanks
Two of the Delrin hinges for my Rhino Rack Batwing (also purchased from etrailer.com) broke after a surprise 40+ mph gust of wind caught all of us by surprise. I believe this is an intentional feature from the manufacturer designed to prevent snapping poles, etc. I used the two extra hinges included with the awning to easily repair the awning. I purchased these extra hinges “just in case” and keep them in the accessory pouch that’s a part of the awning.
This product was on backorder from Rhino Rack due to a faulty mfg process. This affected new Batwing units and replacement parts alike and was no fault of eTrailer. Carol kept in contact with updates and made the entire transaction smooth. Will shop again.
Shipping was awesome. The product was exactly what I ordered. 2nd time ordering from etrailer and will be back...
These are great spare parts to have as they are design to break if strong winds are present and your awning is not tied down. I learned the hard way to not tie down the awning as the day was calm, but it quickly changed. Always tie down your awning and have spare parts on hand. Etrailer customer service was great in working with me and helping me get some spares quick so I can continue on my road trip through Panamerica.
Fast and easy.
Wind is the enemy of any awning. My batwing awning has been the best addition to my setup. but 40-60 mph winds flipped it up last month and broke three of the hinges. but the ingenious design of the batwing makes the hinge the "weak point" on purpose. Replace a cheap hinge versus buy an whole new awning for 800? took 10 minutes to swap out three hinges. very easy. Everyone should have some spare hinges in your kit.
The hinge is quick and easy to install and fits perfectly. As the hinge is the pivot point for the awning and takes the weight while opening and closing it would be much better if it were made out of a more durable material, even if it were at the expense of a bit of extra weight.
We snapped these because the racks hold down stake bag flips over when you open the Batwing and if you do not flip it over to clear the cover before storing it again, then it snaps these pivot bracket.
etrailer.com is an excellent company to order products from, fast delivery, and product follow ups. I ordered some repair parts and got them back fast. Friendly service and knowledgeable folks.
Works as designed, to be the ‘weakest link’ in the system with the batwing awning. Would be great if they were a little stronger, but cheap and easy to replace.
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