looking for owners of 2004-2005 Pace Arrows

FreshAir wrote:
Seems like someone once posted a pic of the location?? I couldn't find it.

Best position to see the black 1" angle iron that is welded to 1" square tubing is on the drivers side as there are less cable bundles obstructing your view.
The angle iron, which has the small undersized screws, runs vertical and is spot welded to the square tubing also running vertical against the firewall. The angle iron is attached by the screws to fiberglass body.
On my Pace, when I lift the hood I can put my thumb on the side of the hood opening and with my fingers extended,reach in at about a 45 degree angle towards the side of the coach and touch the angle iron were talking about. Same thing on passengers side.

I replaced orig. screws, some were missing, with much larger, I think 1/4" hex head screws. Can't remember length. I also drilled and added more. Like said before, be careful on length as you don't want to screw thru fiberglass side.

Jim, I don't know how you would jack up the body to fix this. Maybe the whole thing is at rest where it should be and the stress is greately reduced now. If everything looks OK and seems aligned alright, it might be best to secure it where it rests now with larger screws?

I looked at mine again yesterday while replacing my chassis battery that was 8yrs old. My screws on the passenger side are definetly sheared off, and the "body" is hanging about 1.5" low on that side. There is a metal plate where the front ferring attaches to the rest of the body. I may be able to take a 2X4 cut to length and a scissors jack to put some pressure on it and see if it's solid enough to lift into place.
I'm thinking the 1/4" hex heads sound good, and I'll probably go with 3/4" length. Feels like there's room for that.
Haven't looked at the driver's side yet. Glad I have a 90deg drill.

Always something with these rigs, isn't it?

Jim