Any help? hybrid front door leak
I have a 2003 starcraft Antigua hybrid. I have had this thing torn apart, replaced floor in front, pulled front bunk door off, caulked everything, put butyl tape under hinge before putting back on, ca...
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Just bought a used Jayco Jayfeather that leaks front and back fold downs. Did a thorough systematic test to find leaks. Examined all rubber molding which appeared to be in good condition (one of which appeared to be new). Used hose to water door starting at bottom and worked my way up to the top. (Need two persons to do this, one wetting and one watching). No leaks found until water was placed on top of the foldup. We pulled the tent over our heads while the door was locked to try and see where the leak was and immediately saw light leaks between the door and the rubber seal.
Since rubber seals did not appear to be bad checked edge of door by looking down the edge from one edge to the other. What I found was edge bowed outward in the middle which meant tight contact at the corners but gaps in between. Coincidentally was going to test my fix to this problem this morning when I went to this forum and saw your post. If this sound like it could be your problem as well let me know and I will get back to you.
I talked to a rubber seal manufacturer yesterday who will be sending me a sample of material I think may correct the problem and found another product in the store which I will try today to hopefully confirm my theory of how to resolve this problem. From all my research on posts like this it appears to me that people have been having the seals replaced with no or limited success which makes sense based on what I see happening with my camper.
Fingers crossed....hope this works.
09-16-17 Completed our first test and bed ends no longer leak. This was only a pre-test using similar material to the product sample being sent to me but not of the same configuration. This was an adhesive backed weatherseal but I did not use the adhesive strip for this test as I did not want to have to have to scrape it off when I get my product sample. Was going to post the product names and manufacturers of everything I use but was not sure if that violated the rules of this forum???? Will update when I test my sample.
Since rubber seals did not appear to be bad checked edge of door by looking down the edge from one edge to the other. What I found was edge bowed outward in the middle which meant tight contact at the corners but gaps in between. Coincidentally was going to test my fix to this problem this morning when I went to this forum and saw your post. If this sound like it could be your problem as well let me know and I will get back to you.
I talked to a rubber seal manufacturer yesterday who will be sending me a sample of material I think may correct the problem and found another product in the store which I will try today to hopefully confirm my theory of how to resolve this problem. From all my research on posts like this it appears to me that people have been having the seals replaced with no or limited success which makes sense based on what I see happening with my camper.
Fingers crossed....hope this works.
09-16-17 Completed our first test and bed ends no longer leak. This was only a pre-test using similar material to the product sample being sent to me but not of the same configuration. This was an adhesive backed weatherseal but I did not use the adhesive strip for this test as I did not want to have to have to scrape it off when I get my product sample. Was going to post the product names and manufacturers of everything I use but was not sure if that violated the rules of this forum???? Will update when I test my sample.
