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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Thanks for re posting those pics Anev942, yes the first pic with the alum siding off is the factory eyebolt plate . its just a piece of 16 ga bent into a u shape w/ a nut welded to the top.
When I bought my camper the guy who had it before me used a plastic bed liner and front happi jacs and way overtightened them causing the limited amount of wood at the front eyebolts to bend over time and pull down , looked bad .
I filled the voids with wood and thru bolted the rear most bolts
The middle bolts are going into the factory plates and the front most bolts because of limited acsess are going into tee nuts , I later tied the alum angle to the jack mt plates , so I probably didnt need the front most bolts that go into tee nuts.
I think evey camper model probably would need a diffrent method
But the front eye factory was in my oppinion lacking in strength
When I bought my camper the guy who had it before me used a plastic bed liner and front happi jacs and way overtightened them causing the limited amount of wood at the front eyebolts to bend over time and pull down , looked bad .
I filled the voids with wood and thru bolted the rear most bolts
The middle bolts are going into the factory plates and the front most bolts because of limited acsess are going into tee nuts , I later tied the alum angle to the jack mt plates , so I probably didnt need the front most bolts that go into tee nuts.
I think evey camper model probably would need a diffrent method
But the front eye factory was in my oppinion lacking in strength
