[rvcycleguy]

Common trouble zone. Someone will come along shortly and offer solutions. Most of them involve using larger and longer screws to get a new bite on the side wall there. It can be rotting, but I think most have determined that the user was cranking down on the clamp too hard. Ease up on the clamp a bit and it still is a secure latch. The clamp swivels to shorten or lengthen the clamp reach. To use it to actually hold and bring down the roof is too much clamp pressure.