Slow down / stop fiberglass crack?
The side of the rv at the rear of the bedroom slide has very recently developed a crack. Will drilling a hole at the end of the crack help? What size drill?
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I posted last summer that when we unhooked in Nashville on our eclipse trip that the front end of the rig / hitch made a horrible groaning / creaking noise. Unable to get any professional help, DW and I pulled off the fascia around the pin box to look for broken welds, etc. Didn't find any. Really ugly welds, yes, but broken, no. Ultimately we decided it was the Reese hitch pivot that was bare metal to bare metal. Grease that before each trip - no more groaning.
Anyway, I digress but when I had the fascia off I didn't see any breaks for wall support. I DID see screws supporting the fascia screwed into the edge of plywood, but that's another story.
There has always been a lot of flex in the front end of my rig. In fact, it came from the factory with a gap in the exterior wall covered by a piece of plastic trim at the front of the front slide in the same area as the new crack at the back of the slide. I always assumed that gasp was to allow flexing. My guess is that 7 years of flexing has finally cracked the wall in a new place.
I'll drill a hole and watch it on our 1900 mile northbound migration starting in a few days. I'll let you know what happens.
Anyway, I digress but when I had the fascia off I didn't see any breaks for wall support. I DID see screws supporting the fascia screwed into the edge of plywood, but that's another story.
There has always been a lot of flex in the front end of my rig. In fact, it came from the factory with a gap in the exterior wall covered by a piece of plastic trim at the front of the front slide in the same area as the new crack at the back of the slide. I always assumed that gasp was to allow flexing. My guess is that 7 years of flexing has finally cracked the wall in a new place.
I'll drill a hole and watch it on our 1900 mile northbound migration starting in a few days. I'll let you know what happens.
