Replace A/C gasket as preventive maintenance?
I'm new to travel trailer ownership and have a 2006 Cherokee 28DD. I am not experiencing any problems but was thinking of replacing the A/C gasket as preventive maintenance. Unless I should leave we'l...
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Mandalay Parr wrote:
Might tighten the mounting bolts a little. My original gaskets are 14 years old.
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Roof gasket is not a wear/tear item.
They fail when the A/C Unit hold down bolts are not kept SNUG
SNUG.hand tighten and then just a little bit more using a box end wrench
(Specs are 40 inch/lbs.....INCH not foot)
Gasket fails when bolts are OVERTIGHTENED....crushes gasket and warps gasket/roof
SO if bolts (4 of them under ceiling grille) are loose...SNUG them up
IF gasket has been compressed so that it is less than 1/2" thick IT might be time to replace (new gasket is 1" thick---compress it less ten 1/2" and you can block off evap coil drip pan drain holes)
