OMGosh! Crack in the side of our Cameo?????

By the way if you travel up through Amarillo there is an RV body shop that search out the source of your crack and repair so you will not know it is there. He's on Helium street, called Rod Fathers. His name is Michael. They do know what they are doing when doing body work.

I have a 2011 Cameo. My previous 5th, was a 38.5 Quantum. It had a small slide in the bedroom that moved very fast. Below the slide going to a storage compartment was a crack going form slide bottom to storage opening. Called service guy in Amarillo, and he told me to use a pure silicone, and using water on my fingers to work the silicone into the crack and smooth it out. Had to search for pure silicone, but finally found it. I did as instructed. Crack was there for several years before I traded off, and was holding fine. being the quantum was white it blended in very well. I was instructed to be very careful to move the slide in at a slower speed.

OK. on my last 5er I had a small hair line crack in the same spot by my bedroom slide. Didn't really worry about it. then slide started going in awkwardly and would "pop" right at the end. I'll try to shorten this story.
After a couple of trips to the dealer who adjusted the slide, so they said, noticed the slide mechanism under the bed was bent. sat 2 months at dealer unable to get parts. Finally called Lippart Components who makes the slide. They said we have the parts bring it here and well fix it. (six months out of warranty). so I took them up on it.
I drove the 150 miles to have it fixed in one day. This was in October. dropped it off, went to eat and got a phone call saying they had to do more work and would be done in February. I drove back to the factory to see what they were doing.
They had to replace the entire sidewall. All 37 feet. Your sidewall is one piece inside and out.
they had to reinforce the frame all around the pin box and the little riggers on the frame down the side. Best I could tell the frame was slightly bent which caused the crack. but the end result was it could have been disaster while pulling.
Mine was not the only 5er in there for the same thing.
I would certainly have it checked.

Spud1957

I was trying to figure out how to post a photo. See my new post above yours. I somehow got messed up and posted in the wrong forum. Sorry

I just figured out how I ended up here. I was searching for instructions on how to post a photo. And that question was asked by the original OP. Sorry

I was trying to make it smaller.

buddyIam wrote:

Ummmm. :h

I haven't been to the Ford dealer in 31 years. 1980 F150 heavy half. w/t18 4speed, dual alternators, toilet and Direct TV and 2 RV batteries under the hood. Its a 60's era Aristocrat camper that was given to me for hauling it off. :C Exterior Shower, 6 gallon hot water heater, generator, 2 RV batteries, all mounted in the pickup bed shell. There is a sixpac shell mounted on the 3/4 ton Ford pickup bed trailer that carries the larger things and I usually take a 1/8 cord of good hard wood with me in it.

Wife passed away some years ago and kids are grown up so I haven't needed much more. But came here looking for advice on something new. Mostly, I have been scarred off from buying new. :)

It rained pretty hard the night before and snowed later that evening. It was about June tenth when I took that photo. At about 7800 feet.

shepstone wrote:
Out of curiosity would eternabond be any good in a situation like this?

Yes, it would work to seal something like that quite well. But it sure wouldn't look pretty, and would be very difficult to remove, possibly causing more damage with the effort.

tomthyme wrote:

pcm1959 wrote:
The double stacked frame you have on your Cameo is a great frame and will hold up well, but I was thinking that maybe your slide is out of adjustment and catching the side of your rig? How has the slide been working?

Glad to hear your comments on the frame. The slide seems to be operating fine, no binding and when in or out it both sides are equally flush against the wall.

Great questions tho...

I sent you a couple of PM's on some searches I did on the other forum, didn't find much, but hope it helps.

pcm1959 wrote:
The double stacked frame you have on your Cameo is a great frame and will hold up well, but I was thinking that maybe your slide is out of adjustment and catching the side of your rig? How has the slide been working?

Glad to hear your comments on the frame. The slide seems to be operating fine, no binding and when in or out it both sides are equally flush against the wall.

Great questions tho...

Thanks so much for your support folks. I am a full member of the Carriage/Lifestyle group, but couldn't figure out how to post a new topic...:)

I am comforted a bit that you guys don't seem to be freaking out about this. It must not be that uncommon. Certainly it is something to fix asap, but maybe the world isn't coming to an end as quickly as I had originally thought.

Thanks again!
Tom