[77newell]

I thought I was hearing Lou, the original poster, say that the strap was separating at the fasteners at the roll tube which lead me to wonder how the rest of the fabric was doing. If as the later posters have suggested that its just the bottom end that's exposed all the time then either a new strap or strap repair would be sufficient. It is interesting and useful that different readers envision quite different things when problems are posed.