Sleepy had his Lance 1162 completely rebuild this spring and although he wasn't completely satisfy with the job, I assume he enjoys the camping again,.
I know sleepy in later years had Lance 1162, that I own as well and they all share the same poor design.
In 1162 slide goes on driver side up to front corner and when they have steel channels here and there, the chanels are not connected in the corner, so that's where separation starts.
I went farther in my repair and not only welded the steel inside to meet in the corner, but added 3x3 aluminium angle all the way under the slide to reinforce the 3/4 x 2 piece of wood that was holding whole structure.
Lot of ways to make it work and my fix proved itself on 7000 miles vacations couple years ago.
At least you have your refrigerator board already upgraded.
Happy camping.
In 1162 slide goes on driver side up to front corner and when they have steel channels here and there, the chanels are not connected in the corner, so that's where separation starts.
I went farther in my repair and not only welded the steel inside to meet in the corner, but added 3x3 aluminium angle all the way under the slide to reinforce the 3/4 x 2 piece of wood that was holding whole structure.
Lot of ways to make it work and my fix proved itself on 7000 miles vacations couple years ago.
At least you have your refrigerator board already upgraded.
Happy camping.
here are some pictures
This is the start of the wall fail.. it got much worse over time!
This is after the sleepy's unistrut install. showing the 1/2" x 3" bolt securing the tension tie to the floor. also notice the c/l marking of the wall.
This is inside looking at the refigerator wall and floor brace installed.. notice how tension tie was cut to allow slide to pass and go under seal plate
This shows the two 5/8" x 2" bolts from the brace through the refigerator wall.
Finished look! no more sag!!
This is the start of the wall fail.. it got much worse over time!
This is after the sleepy's unistrut install. showing the 1/2" x 3" bolt securing the tension tie to the floor. also notice the c/l marking of the wall.
This is inside looking at the refigerator wall and floor brace installed.. notice how tension tie was cut to allow slide to pass and go under seal plate
This shows the two 5/8" x 2" bolts from the brace through the refigerator wall.
Finished look! no more sag!!
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There are several ways and several topics how to fix Lance engineering problems.
I think doing it on Lance forum would be more beneficial, than here, but won't hurt to do both.
Post pictures on this site and hotlink them here.
There are several ways and several topics how to fix Lance engineering problems.
I think doing it on Lance forum would be more beneficial, than here, but won't hurt to do both.
