So I was finally able to get up on my ladder this morning and get this taken care of. Turns out it was a really cheap fix as the culprit was a missing screw on the end opposite the spring. Turns out the missing screw caused the two other screws to loosen enough for the roller to shift toward the front of the coach. This allowed the spring to move off the holder and spin loose. In the picture below I circled where the screw was missing. It ended up only costing less than $15, and that is only because I first bought the right size screw, 10-32 X 1 and then found out where is screwed into the aluminum was stripped out. I had to go back to ACE Hardware and purchase a 10-32 X 1-1/4 screw and loctite. The problem with Carefree using stainless screws into extruded aluminum is that they do tend to strip out.
The only hard part of this project was turning the spring to get tension back. Not easy when you don't have the roll off the coach and it still has the shade material was still in place. I was able to put tension on by hand and use a smaller allen wrench to put through the hole that keeps the tension. Not sure I was able to put enough turns in it, but it is holding the shade up. Is there a trick to this?
The other problem is that as you take out the screws holding the caps on that releases the metal top cover that you have to hold in place while working on everything. Not an easy task by yourself, but I was able to do it.
