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bkenobi
Jun 20, 2022Explorer
PButler96 wrote:
Have you checked the roof? Water can leak in at the roof, find its way into the laminated wall panel between the foam and luan, and come out at the bottom of the panel. Your picture seems to have some yellow material that may be the water based adhesive leaching out if the above is happening although the adhesive is typically red.
Just about every trailer made has the same plastic fender skirt such as your Kodiak installed the same exact way. Re caulk the top of in and remove, back caulk, and reinstall the screws.
I ran the hose on the roof rolling down the wall initially. It's possible there are more leaks but so far I have only located 2. The window is now fixed. The fender flare definitely has a leak. I pulled the plastic off and found rust on one of the screw's threads so that's definitely a suspect location. That one was in the same general area where water dumped on the outside resulted in water inside.
I was surprised to see a leak down there too since this TT looks identical construction as every other one I have seen as far as the plastic fender flare. I'm thinking that the best bet is to use butyl tape to seal the fender to the side of the camper. As opposed to proflext and silicon it will last for the life of the camper. I'll probably also shoot some proflex in the screw holes, too.
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