How in the world am I supposed to secure the top with that weathervane? I woke up this morning with top off.It's got a wing nut attached to a screw
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The top can be a bit tricky to secure at first, but if you take a look at the little opening it is somewhat sideways. The weathervane fitting slides in at an angle. Then you twist it so that it locks in. The little bird ornament will face sideways. I practiced a few times lining up the top to the feeder. Make sure when you put the top on the feeder the weathervane is at an angle - about 30 degrees. It really does work well once you get the hang of it and that's what makes it almost impossible for racoons and squirrels to open.
1195521
Mine isn't made the same. The weather vane is in the CENTER of the roof and it incorporates the latch by turning 1/4 turn.
1195522
You need to turn it and lock it in. If u look in the window while u r doing this then you will see when you have turned it in the correct way. However, our squirrels have figured out how to jump on it and turn it so it opens and I too found the top on the ground. Since then we have drilled holes around the 4 corners of the roof and inserted screws that you can turn with your fingers. Now it's really squirrel proof.
1195523
I would check to be sure the threads on the wing nut and/or screw are not stripped.
1931807
mine was like that too. there is a nut under the front panel. you need to take the panel and tighten the nut
145566
LOL! I'm glad I'm not the only one. I had the same issue....I had someone cut a hole and then screw the top in...it was a pain...
1904906
my vent came assembled . the top is plastic and you need to mount it with the hing forward or or the wind will rip it rite off and also titen the handal snog but not too hard couse the wind will also lift it open
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I had no issues installing mine at all. The only concern you may deal with is if yours is outside like mine. I put mine up attached to a metal gazebo on my deck. I was able to attach the knobs at the bottom to my deck so it doesn't blow around in the wind. The "crank" is a cord with little plastic knobs that hangs down about 3 feet. Again if outside it will blow around from the wind. I was able the devise a way to anchor mine. At times we leave ours down for days at a time. Does a great job at blocking out the sun. All in all it has worked out perfect for us. Good luck.
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I agree with dgminer; you have to snap it into place. It felt like I was forcing it, and then I gave it a little more elbow grease and it snapped on. You might to rotate it slowly as you try to snap it on.
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I was going through the same thing and read suggestions here. They really helped. I ended up using a small safety pin bent up and sat on table pointing up.Pressed the tiny hole onto to it all the way and then used a mid size short screw driver to nudge that batter cover off. So glad it worked!
336704
I'm just a shade tree mechanic...if that. It definitely sounds like he hooked something up wrong. I did it myself and the only issue I had was with the screws that hold the fuel rails (1 snapped off at the head). Sorry I couldn't help.
2110736
Get a screwdriver and really get in there, it'll tighten! Just took a lil more than a few twists.
1465185
I had the very same problem but the answer is quite simple. The whole top lifts off. Good luck!
1907219
I had that problem on the highway once. Really gotta make sure the windsheild channel is on correctly and top is inserted all the way. I have not had that problem since and i drive on the highway a good amount
95993
The top comes off but it is really on there tightly. Keep turning it until it loosens enough to be removed.
901806
Funny, you probably superglued it on (like me), since it comes off so easily! Lock down the clamp on the post, and on the head, then rip the bugger off!
756227
It requires some work. You need to take front cage off then place fan blade over the post then there is a cap that goes on but it is counter threaded so spin it op of a normal screw. If this doesn't work please email more
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I adjusted my camco down hand tight to where the plate and nut touched. the unstructions said tighten to where nut touches plate. i dodnt not do this the first two trips out and was fine. last time I doid it per instructions, and somewhere along the road the sway bar literally ripped the ball off the hitch, and then fell off somewhere. I would just go hand tight, and adjust accordingly. time for another new one...sigh
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That's odd. Mine comes off almost too easily! I just lift it off the top. Sounds like you got a fit that's not within specs!
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I leave mine on. It wouldn't be too hard to remove. I also clamped turnbuckles to the frame of the canopy to the handlebars of the snowblower to keep the canopy stabile. This works great especially in a blizzard.