Fifth wheel falling apart
Hello all,
I am starting my post here as it is about our fifth wheel if it needs to go somewhere else I apologize. We have a 2005 Jayco 325 BHS. As of this year is seems to be literally falling apart around us. We opened it up in June and when we opened the bedroom slide the underside is starting to rot, the aluminum is thin almost rusting? We used it once for a weekend in June and when we put the bedroom slide in it took the rubber gasket with it. We managed to get it out and put back on but when we put the slide back out it tipped out like it was going to fall out. The side walls seem to not be attached to the bed frame. We had to take our oldest to college and on the return trip today while driving the top of the bedroom slide started to come out. It seems there was some kind of major leak but we saw no evidence of it inside. There have been lots of things that have broken along the way like trim pieces, drawer stops, the window mechanisms, tv antenna crank shower door track etc but since it is no longer under warranty we have fixed them ourselves but I am thinking the whole nose needs to be taken apart and the slide replaced. Has anyone ever had this happen? We ran into someone last fall that had an 07 and he had the underside side rails start to buckle on his.
Karen in MA
I am starting my post here as it is about our fifth wheel if it needs to go somewhere else I apologize. We have a 2005 Jayco 325 BHS. As of this year is seems to be literally falling apart around us. We opened it up in June and when we opened the bedroom slide the underside is starting to rot, the aluminum is thin almost rusting? We used it once for a weekend in June and when we put the bedroom slide in it took the rubber gasket with it. We managed to get it out and put back on but when we put the slide back out it tipped out like it was going to fall out. The side walls seem to not be attached to the bed frame. We had to take our oldest to college and on the return trip today while driving the top of the bedroom slide started to come out. It seems there was some kind of major leak but we saw no evidence of it inside. There have been lots of things that have broken along the way like trim pieces, drawer stops, the window mechanisms, tv antenna crank shower door track etc but since it is no longer under warranty we have fixed them ourselves but I am thinking the whole nose needs to be taken apart and the slide replaced. Has anyone ever had this happen? We ran into someone last fall that had an 07 and he had the underside side rails start to buckle on his.
Karen in MA
