Leaky roof seam cause to delamination the 93 Santara skin
Hi Folks What your experience about getting it fix? How to repair it? It only have 33K miles and run great. Thank you, Sojourner
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silverclip2,
I had a similar small vertical section above the window and rear wheels that eventually cracked. I had the motorhome repainted and that spot repaired but it cracked again. Turned out the horizontal roof beam was rusted to the point of flexing which was the cause of the crack. Working from inside a cabinet the foam was removed down to the skin and triple layers of plywood anchored to steel plate which is anchored to the vertical steel studs. A thin piece of aluminum is fixed over the crack and painted to match the MH. I would have preferred a smooth finish but body shop was concerned about strength of the repair so went with this approach. Looks OK and is strong and won't crack. I tried, and the body shop did as well, to rebond the fiberglass but the foam just won't hold anymore. Thought about rebonding to the plywood but wasn't positive it would hold well enough.
John
I had a similar small vertical section above the window and rear wheels that eventually cracked. I had the motorhome repainted and that spot repaired but it cracked again. Turned out the horizontal roof beam was rusted to the point of flexing which was the cause of the crack. Working from inside a cabinet the foam was removed down to the skin and triple layers of plywood anchored to steel plate which is anchored to the vertical steel studs. A thin piece of aluminum is fixed over the crack and painted to match the MH. I would have preferred a smooth finish but body shop was concerned about strength of the repair so went with this approach. Looks OK and is strong and won't crack. I tried, and the body shop did as well, to rebond the fiberglass but the foam just won't hold anymore. Thought about rebonding to the plywood but wasn't positive it would hold well enough.
John
