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I found on our new Winnebago, the pocket door between the bedroom and bath rattled and worked very roughly. I noticed that up in the track there is a plastic piece on each end with a hole in it that serves to 'trap' a spring-loaded rod and then holds the door in the open or closed position. The plastic piece is attached by a screw in a countersunk hole but the screw was not fully in. It protruded enough that the rod would catch on it as it passed by making for noise and jerky operation. Simply screwing them fully into their countersink made the operation MUCH better. The second issue was the door had quite a bit of side to side movement that would make noise when driving and also made for a poor 'operating experience'. I went to Wallymart and got a pack of their round felt pads and stuck them against the inner wall just inside the opening. In my case I needed a single pad on one side and three pads stacked on the other side to position the door correctly. Made a huge difference...more like a sliding door in a Prevost now! Another fix on the swinging doors was to put a small screw in the door trim adjacent to the latch. I noticed that even in the short time we have had the Winnie, closing the doors was making the trim pull loose since they were only held by staples. Smaller felt pads on the door trim also helped eliminate rattles from those doors and made them close solidly.949Views0likes1CommentRe: "Creaking and noisy' Levelers
LCI's response to my question.. Good morning, See the link below for adding anti-stiction fluid to you system. Adding the fluid should help alleviate the popping noise. Fluctuations in temperature will cause the symptoms you are experiencing. http://www.lci1.com/assets/content/support/sheets/TI___191_Adding_Anti_Stiction_Fluid_To_Hydraulic_Systems.pdf Have a nice day, Dan S. Technical Service Representative459Views0likes0CommentsRe: 2016 Bounder 35K possible purchase
What is the purpose of the new vacuum toilets? The few RVs I've had over the years with a smell problem were cured with one of the Camco vent pipe devices. Our current Winne has one of the porcelain toilets and that has been the most 'comfortable' one we have had to date.312Views0likes0CommentsRe: Holding tank odor
I had the EXACT same problem with my previous Fleetwood Flair AND our new Winnebago Vista. Don't understand why the 'drop pipe' has to go so far down into the tank. What I have gotten into the habit of is, after using the toilet for 'number 2', I'll refill the bowl with water to the top (holding the pedal partially down) and then flush the bowlfull of water. This seems to disperse the solid waste and prevent the buildup at the drop pipe. Also, the extra water seems to help when you dump the black tank. If you let it build up too much, it can get solid enough down there to prevent any further waste from entering the tank and you will have what looks like a stopped-up toilet. Nasty. Before it gets that bad, you'll probably notice the flush goes down with air bubbling back along with the familiar stink. Since we adopted the 2nd full bowl water flush procedure, we have not had the problem. Still do not understand the 'long pipe'...585Views0likes0Comments
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