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