The Duct Tape, Foam Rod, Caulking Story...

[Powder Hounds]

Well, we just finished our Snow Bird adventure in southern Arizona and arrived back home in Alberta. While staying in Lake Havasu AZ we went to set up our cribbage board for another Title Belt Championship. Unfortunatly our playing cards had somehow fallen out of the pack and slid down the wall into the sealed area under our sterio cabinet, we have a 21 RBS. So, the next day I decided to retrieve our cards, easy. Not so much! There must had been an abundance of screws that day because the aluminum sheet metal shelf was held in place with eight screws, not only was it screwed down but double sided tape was installed as well. Took some time getting that out.

Now I have the shelf out and what do I see beside our cards? Daylite and dirt, alot of dirt, there was a good half inch gap from the floor to wall, it tapered off at six inches in length. My mysterious dirt and dust problem has been solved! For years we always had a ton of dust on our floor every trip we made a PITA. Thought it was the door frame not sealing. Our door must have the most weather strip and caulking around the perimeter than any other rig. No change. Thought the dust problem was the wheel wells, nope, yearly undercoating applied. So now I go outside and put my hand up in the wheel well near the floor, I can almost put a finger in the gaps of the diamond plate that was used for the wheel wells. I run my hand horizontally down the length of the wheel well and lots of gaps. They installed three screws for a critical area of the trailer  that actually has some importance and they tape and screw the heck out of a nothing burger area like a shelf.

The end result was a successful fix, duct tape in the wheel well, foam rod as a backer to fill the gap, and some caulking. Next time I have the wheels off I will install a length of aluminum flat stock and screw it over that exposed seam in the wheel wells.

You will never know what will come up when you loose your playing cards.

Another five thousand miles and five months full timing in our LL.

[nhlakes]

Interesting.  I wonder if an RV Pressure/Leak test like they can do for roof leaks issues would have exposed the problem?

[Pinstriper]

Sounds like someone wasn't playing with a full deck.