Separation at tie down eye
When I bought my 845 used almost 8 years ago, it had a slight separation at the passenger front tie down eye area. After 70K+ miles on my truck it is much larger. What's the usual "fix" for this? ...
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On an 845 of that era, I had a 2001 also, previously, inside the compartment shown in the OP's photo is the single 20# propane tank, setting in a three sided plastic box, so somewhat easy access to the area on the inside after removing the plastic liner. Now above that compartment sits, sits the 3 way fridge, with a roof vent. So you have lots of places a water leak can occur and run down into this damaged area. It may just be a broken frame member of 2 X 2 pine with a metal plate on top or it may be wood rot or a combination of both.
Either way, I would remove the propane tank and take out the plastic box. Should be easy to see the inside to work on it. With the camper being aluminum covered, it would be easy to peel back and have access to both sides. No matter what the cause , it needs to be fixed. How to prevent? Make sure the fridge drip pan isn't leaking into this area, or water isn't getting in from the fridge roof vent, etc. I would replace the soft pine that Lance used with a good quality of marine hardwood, expensive but will last 25 or so years even if it gets wet. I had to replace the rear skirts on my 845 due to wood rot from water entering underneath the TC from the rear tires driving in the rain, is my best guess.
Either way, I would remove the propane tank and take out the plastic box. Should be easy to see the inside to work on it. With the camper being aluminum covered, it would be easy to peel back and have access to both sides. No matter what the cause , it needs to be fixed. How to prevent? Make sure the fridge drip pan isn't leaking into this area, or water isn't getting in from the fridge roof vent, etc. I would replace the soft pine that Lance used with a good quality of marine hardwood, expensive but will last 25 or so years even if it gets wet. I had to replace the rear skirts on my 845 due to wood rot from water entering underneath the TC from the rear tires driving in the rain, is my best guess.
