We have a large probably 20' awning on our destination camper at the lake. Thing has been nothing but a pain. Always out of adjustment. All the You Tube video's I watch show how simple of a fix this is. Right. Take out the two small screws on the top of the awning and slide the fabric one way or the other to do the adjustment to get the arms to line up and close properly.

Yeah well I took the two screws out and there is no budging that fabric even a fraction of a inch it's locked in place for some reason. I put a channel locks pliers on it and tugged as hard as I could standing on a ladder but it wasn't moving. Anyone have experience with this and have a solution? As always thanks in advance.

If you told us what make it was we might be able to give more help.
Each manufacturer seems to use a different system.

Usually there is a securing screw on the opposite end of the awning. Go to both ends and start at the end and work your inward up to about the 12in point, it should be in there somewhere. Inside the closeout trim. Remove, and try again. If it still seems stuck a little silicone or wd40 spray in the channel helps. Also helps for install. The retaining screw is the culprit here i think.

Yeah, an then the time you leave for a few hours and an unexpected storm blows through and twists it up. I doubt I’ll ever get another camper, only when the kids were kids.

This YouTube may help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujmdf3fPEjg

I have a friend who had the awning on his brand new travel trailer unroll on a narrow mountain road with nowhere to pull over to fix it. It kind of left a bad taste in his mouth for the RV Lifestyle.

I spent about 15 minutes yanking and pulling on that fabric awning thinking it didn't move even a fraction of an inch. However when I rolled it back in it realigned itself so it must have moved some.

We bought this camper new in 2019 when we bought the property. In hindsight I would have taken the money and purchased a small cabin and put it on a slab. We don't plan on living here year round so just a three season cabin would do the trick. For what I paid for the camper it would have gone a long ways toward a decent cabin. I knew how shoddily campers are built when we purchased this. But I figured it's not going up and down the road twisting and turning every weekend it might hold together. That's not been the case. Thanks for the responses all.