Ah the simple repairs, that you should not have to make.

[Buzzcut1]

If this is all that broke on a 9 day 2500 mile trip then all I can say is I'm good with that.
We noticed that the left side latch pin of the over the dinette pantry was not lining up with the hole and the bottom front left corner was sagging.

I looked at it from the inside. Typical, one screw holding it and it missed the mark. Plus they left all the shavings, shoddy workmanship

I picked up a 2" wide by 1/2" thick pine slat. Drilled, counter sunk the holes then stained it. I installed the fix this afternoon using brass wood screws to color match. This is way stronger than the way they built it.

[Bedlam]

Sometimes you get a camper made by the guy that was meticulous and fired for taking too long on each build and other times you get the camper made by the guy doesn't care and he still works there because he has the highest production numbers...

[Grit_dog]

For all the complaining about rv construction quality. (In general, not you or this in particular) I've been fairly impressed in my short time owning 2 campers both in the 10+year old range at the build quality.
Granted we don't use them that much, but buying older used and all the stories here I frankly would have expected worse.
With 2 kids that are prone to slamming or breaking things, long trips, lots of bad roads, dirt roads, all weather (winter too) in the 5 years and 2 old AF campers, I can count the real problems on one hand. Little things like adding a screw here or there or some sealant, fixing a faucet etc don't count IMO.
Both have had little leaks in the nose that were perplexing til I figure out it was the front clearance lights taking in the water. The 03 has a sticky front Jack that doesn't engage all the way sometimes when lowering the camper. Works if you go manual, lower it a tad then can use electric. Um that's it.

[h45wt]

JimBollman wrote:

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Nice fix. Our old camper was made with those kind of cleats installed by the factory. If I remember right it was built in 1976, they tended to overbuild things more back then.

We have the cleats on our 2003 1130 so Lance must have eliminated them between 03 and 08.

We just had the fold down step on the water tank cabinet break. The blocking on the INSIDE cracked and popped off. We can see all the staples they used to hold it together. This looks like a UGLY repair because there is no room between the back side of the tank and the front of the cabinet to get hands on and removing the water tank is not an option. For now a folding stool is being used until we get done for the season.

[trail-explorer]

Install some cups hooks and turn it in to a key rack!

[trail-explorer]

Sadly, the RV industry still continues to use pine, which splits when you look at it wrong. Pine slats like the use in cabinetry, etc really needs to be pre-drilled, but the RV industry will NEVER to that on production line RVs due to the time it takes, which equals "expense"

Nice upgrade!

[JimBollman]

We had a fold down front like that on a past camper and it had a thin piece of wood that you slid over the doors when it was down and made an upper bunk for a child. My son slept up there till he was 10 or so. After he out grew it we often used it as a wide shelf and just left it down.

Nice fix. Our old camper was made with those kind of cleats installed by the factory. If I remember right it was built in 1976, they tended to overbuild things more back then.

[popeyemth]

That's not a repair its an improvement 🙂

[Camper_Jeff___K]

Looks like it belongs there. Much stronger now too.

[cewillis]

Looks better than new (and works better too).

[Naio]

Oh, that's a nifty feature! I may do something like that in my new van. Thanks for the pics :).

[Buzzcut1]

Naio wrote:
Nice looking support! The stain, rounded corners, brass screws... it matches very well.

Just out of nosiness, what is that metal ring thing to the left of the cabinet door? Looks almost like a flagpole holder...

the whole front of the cabinet can fold flat that ring is the lock pin (one on each end of the cabinet), the fabric at the bottom conceals the hinge. We put daily use stuff behind the doors and rarely used stuff behind the panels

[Naio]

Nice looking support! The stain, rounded corners, brass screws... it matches very well.

Just out of nosiness, what is that metal ring thing to the left of the cabinet door? Looks almost like a flagpole holder...

[jimh406]

I've had to do some small changes as well. Seems common in all RVs and houses.

[Photomike]

I don't look at something like this as a repair, I look at it as a forced modification :B