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Lynnmor
Aug 29, 2020Explorer II
bedpan wrote:
For those interested here are some documents from Lippert that I believe apply to the repair needed. Saying that as I was looking for links to post for them they appear dated..
Heartland Document - Lippert Repair
and here is one from the NHTSA but the document date is 2009
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2011/RCRIT-11V486-1111.pdf
That is basically what is needed. The break next to the bottom flange will need some additional attention. The cross pieces do the same job as the X-Factor. I made my own and bolted them in to allow removal for service above.
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