Winnebago Hood Latches
Grrrr! On our way home we heard a banging noise on the front of our 2015 Winnebago 36Y. Pulling over, found the hood flopping around. There are 2 brackets attached to the inside of the front cap that ...
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The day after I read this thread and posted my blog link, the new window washer reservoir and pump that I'd ordered arrived so I was out there working on that under the hood. The hood area of Winnies are like the rear area in that many components are only epoxied on, and what happened is the right (when facing) side bracket that holds the hood was loose. And also one of the hood latches was loose. Both are supposed to be held only with epoxy, and of course that had broken off.
So as it happened, it turned out that I needed to do some work on the front to go along with what I'd done on the rear a couple years ago.
Ended up with 7 screws holding the various components and when I get the right tool, there will be 9 screws.
No more depending on epoxy for me. If any of you have your front or rear end components like grills or hoods just epoxied on, the epoxy is going to fail.
Here's my blog write up of the work I did on the front: Fixing the loose fiberglass pieces...
So as it happened, it turned out that I needed to do some work on the front to go along with what I'd done on the rear a couple years ago.
Ended up with 7 screws holding the various components and when I get the right tool, there will be 9 screws.
No more depending on epoxy for me. If any of you have your front or rear end components like grills or hoods just epoxied on, the epoxy is going to fail.
Here's my blog write up of the work I did on the front: Fixing the loose fiberglass pieces...
