Thor Forums

[JJMON]

First was a simple fix to secure a piece of trim over the microwave. 1 screw.

Second a bit more involved, but easy.
Getting read to leave after first night, a family member noticed something hanging down in front of right rear. Closer inspection it was a metal brace attached to the mud flap in front of the tires. The bracket had sheered loose from the inner side wall at some point during the first day. We found some wide and short enough screws to secure the brace to inner wall. 5 minute job, good to go. We arrive at our second stop, hooked up and looked at right rear and the brace came off again. Clearly not a good design from the beginning. I ended up taking the brace off the flap after about 15 minutes. Ok now w/o the brace holding the flap in place it rubbed against the tires and the treads made grooves in the flap and in a couple of places was starting to wear through. We made it home OK with flap intact. ( I couldn’t removed the flap because it was riveted to the frame)

So here is my fix. Drilled out the inner wall holes through the outer skin. Reattached brace to the flap and bolted the other end of brace through the wall. I used rubber washers on the bolt as it went through the outer skin. I then proceeded to attach a 6inch piece of angle metal left over from a project to the bottom edge of the innermost side of the flap. I then ran a bolt through the top part of that and attached a piece of 12 gauge wire and ran that wire forward and attached that around an existing bolt with another bolt and washer to complete the connection.

While finishing this up I noticed the propane line was loose enough to rattle against the battery tray, so I zip tied that off. Attached are picture of the flap repair. It might be hard to see the black 12 gauge wire.

JJ