Aurora - Top Bracket Replacement

Aurora - Top Bracket Replacement

Aurora Top Bracket Replacement


Tools needed:

·       *  5mm alen key and 2x 4mm alen keys

·        *  50mm wide sticky tape and a razor blade.

·         * Wire cutters, a crimping tool and a 3.2mm wire crimp or ferrule.

·        *  3.5m of temporary rope 4mm or less in diameter


The first step is to remove the fabric from the canopy, please refer to guide 10 - Removing the

roof of an Eclipse Aurora if you have trouble. Lay the umbrella horizontally on two saw horses or

benches and remove the sticker from the bottom of the bottom hub #6 with a razor blade.


Under the sticker you will find four bolts, remove them all which will release the tube locator #7

revealing the end of the wire.



Wrap the wire with three revolutions of sticky tape just below the crimp and cut the wire trying to preserve

as much as possible.



Gently pull the wire from the tube locator #7 and with another small piece of tape wrap the end again

as shown two more revolutions and slice off any excess. Roll the end between your fingers and flatten the

tape that is not around the wire end.



With a similar wrapping technique apply a piece of sticky tape to the end of your temporary rope.

You can now join the wire to the rope by over lapping the flattened ends and wrapping both with another

three revolutions of tape. Try not to use too much tape as the join may not travel through the umbrella arms and

various pulleys. It needs to be strong but not too bulky.



Gently pull the wire from the top of the main arm #14 and push the rope as you go to limit the amount

of pressure on the join between the wire and temporary rope. Help the join around the bend via an access

hole in the top hub #11 then push the wire down slightly as the join moves past the edge of the top hub’s #11

opening at the top of the main arm #14.


Help the wire / rope into the main arm and continue to gently push and pull until you see the join come

out of the top of the top stay #18. Stop, break the join and tie the temporary rope to one of the arms #1

to avoid losing the end.




Now you will be able to remove the top bracket #22 by removing the two bolts seen below left. Be careful

not to lose any parts that you remove from this area. There are two small black plastic washers that can fall

out from the top stay #18 and an internal white pulley.




When ready to reassemble, join the wire to the rope again and use the parts diagram to double check the wire path

over the internal pulley in the end of the top stay #18. Reverse the process by gently pulling and pushing the wire / rope

through the umbrella helping it around the bends as before. Once through detach the temporary rope and push the wire

into the tube locator and re-crimp the end to act as an anchor. Reattach the tube locator and redress the canopy using

guide 10 - Removing the roof of an Eclipse Aurora as a reference if necessary.


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