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Bruce_Brown
Oct 03, 2016Moderator
Stormy Eyes wrote:Bruce Brown wrote:
The skin on the hood wouldn't be considered structural.
Even if the industry does not consider the hood skin structural, isn't the bond vital? A hood skin coming off on the highway sounds like a nightmare....as does an rv roof coming enroute.
Absolutely it is, but it certainly isn't structural.
There are a lot of parts glued together, at work we sell some very heavy industrial adhesives, they are all labeled as non-structural. I do a little body work, most rust repair parts are now glued in rather than welded. The glue is stronger than the metal, but even that isn't considered structural.
Unlike the Winnie deal, these are all a one and done bond.
If Winnie would do a one and done we'd never see these posts. As it is they choose to keep producing a terrible roof design then blame the customer when failures happen. It's sad really, and shame on them. They could do better if they wanted to.
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