There are two styles of rv awnings the power awnings and the manual awnings.
Rv awning spring rewind.
Special aluminum poles often accompany the rv awning for this use.
Place the step stool near the lip of the awning.
Tying to fix it ourselves.
Reattach the rear awning leg and lower both leg sections completely.
You can leave the support arms hanging freely but it might help to simply slide the stops back into the leg channel.
This is why its safe.
Push the aluminum pole in its extended length up to the rv wall and down to the lip of the awning under the awning itself.
If you are using a help tell him to hold on tight now wind the whole leg clockwise pretty sure its clockwise for the rear leg just follow the arrow on the awning knuckle they all have them.
You do not need to put the screws back in.
Position so the pole pushes the awning out adding tension to the fabric.
Awning not closing tight.
Dometic a e is the leading manufacturer of camper awnings and these are the style that come stock on 80 of campers today.
Roll the awning back up to observe how tight it is.
Tying to fix it.
Give it 3 or 4 turns.
Put it out 1 2 way waited then went out all the way waited then rolled back in 1 2 way waited then pulled in to close.
Dometic patio awnings range from the sunchaser and sunchaser ii style awnings the 8500 a e awnings 9000 manual awnings 9100 power awnings and.