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Dewclaw
Explorer II
Nov 01, 2020

NL Skylight lug broke off

So, I found a piece of semi-circular white plastic laying on the bed. Looking around in the bunk area I found that one of the plastic lugs that the skylight latches to had broken off the frame. Luckily I always rope the darned thing down when we are on the road so it held with just one side latched.

Now the problem is how to fix it. It's part of the internal skylight frame and I can't see buying an entire frame. I'm thinking that I will make something that will have a lug that the latch can hook onto and which will fasten to the plastic frame.

Have any of you had a skylight failure like that? If so, what did you do to repair it? TIA
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    joerg68
    Nomad III
    Nov 01, 2020
    A picture might help to understand, and identify which type of skylight you are referring to, for the non-NL operators. See http://photoposting.is-great.net/?i=1 for photo postung here.
    Is this the original Skylight? At 12 years old, the plastic has probably become brittle and prone to breaking. If you fix the one spot, you may well have the next issue soon. Then again, you can always try your luck and go ahead with your repair.
    The (simple, standard) roof vent on our camper simply disintegrated this year - it is a 2017... There was no doubt about repairs, though. It was just gone, and what was left of it crumbled between my fingers. The remaining hardware inducated it was properly closed at the time.

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