creeper
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As you know I've took the belly off to take care of some rust. It's coming along nicely. NOTE: When POR 15 says nothing will take it off you skin if you get it on you, THEY MEAN IT..
I've ordered a bunch of parts for mods and such. I added 4 cross members to take away a bunch of the under belly sag.
I got them from Home Depot in the Electrical section. They are metal, light and strong. I cut them to length and then painted them.
There seemed to be puddles that sat in the bottom and caused much of the rust.
Well here comes the design flaw. While Heartland says it has a sealed and heated under belly it's far from sealed. This biggest problem and this allows A LOT of water in and no water out.
This big gaping hole is right between the tires. I understand it has to be there, BUT it allows massive amounts of spray in while you go down the road. Once in there it has NO WHERE to go, but slosh around and cause rust.
Same problem with the other slides rear of the wheels. When driving in the rain the mist and pressure from the mist will force water into the holes and then you have a problem.
Since I'm waiting for parts: IE thermo, heat element, charge wizard... I racked my brain and planning a dual rubber seal set up for the hole and some sort of splash guard for the actually slides.. Hopefull this will prevent water from getting in.
For those who haven't ventured behind your walls in storage this is what it looks like.
LOTS of excess down here. With better planning Heartland could cut it's cost on materials. I took 4 feet of excess heater hose that goes under the stairs.
I've ordered a bunch of parts for mods and such. I added 4 cross members to take away a bunch of the under belly sag.
I got them from Home Depot in the Electrical section. They are metal, light and strong. I cut them to length and then painted them.
There seemed to be puddles that sat in the bottom and caused much of the rust.
Well here comes the design flaw. While Heartland says it has a sealed and heated under belly it's far from sealed. This biggest problem and this allows A LOT of water in and no water out.
This big gaping hole is right between the tires. I understand it has to be there, BUT it allows massive amounts of spray in while you go down the road. Once in there it has NO WHERE to go, but slosh around and cause rust.
Same problem with the other slides rear of the wheels. When driving in the rain the mist and pressure from the mist will force water into the holes and then you have a problem.
Since I'm waiting for parts: IE thermo, heat element, charge wizard... I racked my brain and planning a dual rubber seal set up for the hole and some sort of splash guard for the actually slides.. Hopefull this will prevent water from getting in.
For those who haven't ventured behind your walls in storage this is what it looks like.
LOTS of excess down here. With better planning Heartland could cut it's cost on materials. I took 4 feet of excess heater hose that goes under the stairs.