Weekend Warrior Frame Fix Photo?

Mine is an 06 fk2100 and did not qualify for the recall/fix because of the heavier gauge steel tongue... Check all your cross beams under the floor. 3 beams were barely hanging on by the screws that went through the plywood. I positioned them back to where they were/broke and welded them up(6 places).
I did not realize just how thin the frame and other supports were until last weekend when i was under the trailer, Although it is fixed, I need to go back under to gusset and add support to where I can.
I believe I still have the official "Fix" and will post it here when I find it.

SAR Tracker wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
The fix was to weld 2x2 under the existing tongue rails. The fix requires cutting some of the metal under the rail where it goes under the box.

The original frame was 1/8", the fix was with 3/16" tubing

Some had the thinner steel, others had the heavier gauge steel. Mine has the heavier steel. The prescribed fix in the official recall letter was to add 2x2 under the rails if they were of the thinner steel.

I bought mine in 2006 and it did not qualify for the recall because of having the heavier steel. All these years later I am still using it without trouble.

SAR Tracker wrote:

beemerphile1 wrote:
The fix was to weld 2x2 under the existing tongue rails. The fix requires cutting some of the metal under the rail where it goes under the box.

The original frame was 1/8"

Add to that "lightening holes" throughout the frame that's bordering on criminal, I guess they thought the waffling/corrugating of the vertical web would add sufficient stiffness; they thought wrong.

Had naive friend buy one with a bent front A frame and he brought it out to a ride like that! I asked him if he got a good deal on the trailer due to needing repairs, he had no idea something was wrong; how could you miss it? The batteries were almost touching the front of the coach!

Stupid is as stupid does.

beemerphile1 wrote:
The fix was to weld 2x2 under the existing tongue rails. The fix requires cutting some of the metal under the rail where it goes under the box.

The original frame was 1/8", the fix was with 3/16" tubing

The fix was to weld 2x2 under the existing tongue rails. The fix requires cutting some of the metal under the rail where it goes under the box.

Here's a crude drawing that I made almost 10 years ago.



It's been a long time and I don't completely remember the details, but I think that on mine they cut the front part of the frame off where it began to angle in (the entire capital A in this drawing) and replaced it with a box shape to better support the front end of the trailer.

In this drawing, the red line in the capital A on the tongue is the front sleeper wall. The two sides (and cargo area) were unsupported. The fix made it so that the entire outline of the walls was supported by that red box area.

It's a shame that all those Photobucket pics are gone. I think some of them showed a series of outrigger gussets that were welded underneath.