flexing nose piece
Any ideas on keeping nose on fifth wheel from flexing popping while on the hiway. I have an 06 Dutchman/Thor and it probably isn't reinforced like the newer models. It has stress cracks in it due to p...
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tinner12002 wrote:
mguay, I was thinking maybe I could take the cap off as you did and reinforce the back side with some wood strips and fiberglass. How hard was your cap to get back on, lined up and sealed?
Not that bad! A 2-3 person job. 2 tubes of caulking, 2 tubes of lap sealant, assortment of screws to replace the stripped/rusted/broken ones.
Where the roof meets the cap, I just stuck the screw gun bit through the lap sealant at all the bumps(screws), then i used a putty knife to scrape it on the cap side. I left the moulding buried in lap sealant and adhered to the rubber roof, then rolled it all backwards away from the cap.
