Pay attention underneath your rigs!!
Well did my good pre trip, initial inspection of my Sundance 3300CK tonight. Noticed the underbody cover really sagging just in front of the front axle. So I cut the underbody all the way across in front of the fresh water tank, and removed the rear 3/4 of it. Any guesses?? Rear brace of the fresh water tank severely bowed. Look like somebody put flat iron between the 2 braces under the tank with plywood between them and the tank.
But under further investigation, when the brace was screwed into the I-beam with self tappers, one side was forgetten from the factory originally. Causing the angle iron brace to pull away from the I-beam and buckle. So the previous fix, whoever did it was a band-aid. It also caused the top rear of the fresh water tank to buckle and flex. You may ask how I know the factory forgot to attach one side of the brace/bracket...
Number 1, no signs of any self-tapper or bolt head rubbing paint off the brace. Number 2, not a single hole in the I-beam or broken self tapper in the I-beam to be found. No signs of grinding of old ones or anything.
Oh and then on removal of the fresh water tank and bracing, we find a kitchen/living floor brace that had broken all the self tappers on one side and was just hanging by the 2 of the other side. Let's hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
Pictures to follow at a later time.
Well did my good pre trip, initial inspection of my Sundance 3300CK tonight. Noticed the underbody cover really sagging just in front of the front axle. So I cut the underbody all the way across in front of the fresh water tank, and removed the rear 3/4 of it. Any guesses?? Rear brace of the fresh water tank severely bowed. Look like somebody put flat iron between the 2 braces under the tank with plywood between them and the tank.
But under further investigation, when the brace was screwed into the I-beam with self tappers, one side was forgetten from the factory originally. Causing the angle iron brace to pull away from the I-beam and buckle. So the previous fix, whoever did it was a band-aid. It also caused the top rear of the fresh water tank to buckle and flex. You may ask how I know the factory forgot to attach one side of the brace/bracket...
Number 1, no signs of any self-tapper or bolt head rubbing paint off the brace. Number 2, not a single hole in the I-beam or broken self tapper in the I-beam to be found. No signs of grinding of old ones or anything.
Oh and then on removal of the fresh water tank and bracing, we find a kitchen/living floor brace that had broken all the self tappers on one side and was just hanging by the 2 of the other side. Let's hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
Pictures to follow at a later time.