Kayteg1 wrote:
Thanks. I got some view on the construction after removal of propane box.
Somebody was there before as bottom of camper has added siding with different tone.
The main board under the slider is 3/4 x 2.5 with 3/4 x 1.5 added to make angle channel.
No wonder whole thing had to sag and staple holding it at joints simple broke.
There is only so much siding can hold together.
At this point I will try to buy 2x2 aluminium channel, that HD stocks and add it under siding.
Kris, the 1161 and 1121 (my camper) were very similar TC's that shared some design points and problems. Both are single slideout, and even though the slides are on opposite sides, they are both "dinette-only" slides of the same size. If I remember right, the first year for both models was 2001, and the earliest ones had problems with sagging under the slide. Many of them of them were returned to the factory and repaired, and Lance made a design change to prevent the sagging on the later units.
On the inside of the camper below the slide, if you look at the bottom of the camper side wall where it meets the "wing", you should see a piece of 90* angle iron that runs the full length of the side wall. There may also be another piece of angle iron on the outside of that joint under the siding.
The slide on the 1121 is approximately in the middle of the passenger or curb side wall, with the fridge in front of it and the LP compartment behind it. On the 1161, the slide is on the driver or street side, only about 6" from the front jack. Consequently, the angle iron fix tended to work out better on the 1121's because it extended further on each side of the slide. On the 1161, the front camper tie down point could still cause some deflection under the slide because the slide opening is directly above it. A proper fix on the 1161 would need to join the angle iron under the slide to some steel reinforcement in the front jack corner.
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