I replace my awning with the help of a friend. We found it was much easier to drill another hole in the end cap where the latch is. There was no need to undo any hardware.
Here are the steps.
1. Open awning. do not remove legs from camper. do not extend legs.
2. place saw horses under the awning roller.
3. Use razor knife to cut awning where the splines are. Along camper roof and two spots along roller.
4. Remove bolt from camper that holds the Arm to the roof where latch is.
5. remove screws, if any, that holds spline in channel along roof.
6. Drill hole in end cap, where latch is, where the one spline is.
7. Remove splines by sliding them out the holes in end cap. One is existing
the other is the one you drilled.
8. Using a friend slide the awing, with spline, into roof channel and the roller into hole from factory.
9. Using a plastic tool, Bondo spreader, one came with my new awning, push the awning material into the channel while sliding the spline into the hole you drilled down the length of the roller. I used silicone spray as a lubricant. helped a lot.
10. Replace any screws you removed from the spline along the roof attach arm back to camper roof, Use silicone caulk to seal hole.
11. done Roll up awning as usual.
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