This allows enough slack to lift the arms off the catch.
Rv awning lock lever broken.
Dometic awning is in the out position.
The lever will answered by a verified rv mechanic.
An awning strap in good condition will hold your whole body weight before breaking.
It is important to allows take every safety precaution available when working with an rv awning.
See the attached manual for the dometic manual.
For procedure normally i have to flip the lever and unroll the awning a half turn or so.
The awning will not go up.
It might take two persons to do this.
The fault of the strap breaking has nothing to do with your method.
I went to open and use my awning yesterday and found that the direction lever spring has broken.
To replace the cam lock disassemble the awning assembly completely.
Ok this all started with a broken window from storms.
I can still roll up and down ok but the lever does not stay locked in either the up or down positions.
The lever is stuck on the up position.
Sometimes when it is hard to release you need to pull down slightly on the pull strap.
It should be an a e dometic model or carefree of colorado.
Replace the cam locks and reassemble the entire awning.
Not that your awning will hold that much weight.
I m concerned that it will release while on the road and certain doom will follow.