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08-21-2020, 04:10 PM
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Junior Member
State: Alaska
Posts: 12
THOR #13898
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Wall issue
We have these hard bumps on our panel below the drivers side window. Could this be water leakage from the window down into the panel and rusting the inside?
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08-21-2020, 04:45 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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Have you tried putting a pinhole in one of them, and squishing it back down in place?
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08-21-2020, 04:47 PM
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Junior Member
State: Alaska
Posts: 12
THOR #13898
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No not yet.
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08-21-2020, 04:52 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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Use a tiny pin: just enough to let any air out from behind it.
Good luck!
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08-21-2020, 04:56 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Freedom Elite 29fe
State: Florida
Posts: 700
THOR #4656
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You have a leak and need to find it soon as the problem will only get worse.
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08-21-2020, 04:56 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2018 24.1 AXISSIXxSIX
State: Arizona
Posts: 6,925
THOR #13932
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08-21-2020, 05:04 PM
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Junior Member
State: Alaska
Posts: 12
THOR #13898
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Thanks. I just ordered it. Will get tomorrow.
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08-21-2020, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: challenger 37FH
State: Delaware
Posts: 696
THOR #13399
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Try the pin hole ,if the tool shows no moisture and the bumps are hard then pin hole doesn't change anything it could be welding splatter with wall paper over it.
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08-21-2020, 05:15 PM
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I Think We're Lost!
Brand: Still Looking
Model: Tiffin Wayfarer 24 BW
State: New York
Posts: 22,195
THOR #8860
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If the bumps are hard: I pretty wouch would doubt that it's any sort of leakage.
The water would be softening up whatever it might be rotting.
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08-27-2020, 12:08 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Forest River Forester 235
State: Indiana
Posts: 4,884
THOR #6826
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Sorry to say I’m pretty confident that it is, in fact, water damage. Check the window frame and channel weep holes but also the roof and side seams. Water is relentless and doesn’t always come from where you’d think. If the wall isn’t warped you’re probably still good if you can find and fix the leak.
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08-27-2020, 12:29 AM
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Site Team
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 27.1
State: Florida
Posts: 14,359
THOR #7035
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This issue has been seen many times before; it is always water leakage.
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09-02-2020, 06:33 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
State: Florida
Posts: 59
THOR #19087
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Ditto. We had similar bulging below the window of our Vegas and the shop confirmed the siding was beyond salvage. Both driver and passenger side had to be totally replaced. If you caught it soon enough, the panels might be salvageable and the cost significantly lower. Labor was $2200 for both sides, not including parts.
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09-02-2020, 06:54 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: 2019 Windsport 27B/29M
State: California
Posts: 7
THOR #17696
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I have the exact same hard wallpaper bumps in the exact same places! By the driver seat wall. I have a 2019 Windsport 27B. I live in San Diego it does rain, but does get water roof runoff.
Cherylfair, did you get that water meter tool to verify its water?
Thanks
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09-02-2020, 07:11 PM
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Junior Member
State: Alaska
Posts: 12
THOR #13898
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Yes I got the moisture monitor and the reading is High. Ugh!!!
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09-02-2020, 07:56 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Still Looking
State: Ohio
Posts: 19
THOR #16558
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My ACE 30.2 is doing the same took it to Thor they fixed it month later coming back on again they supposed to seal windows and everything but still bubbles
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09-02-2020, 08:27 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Axis 24.1
State: Ontario
Posts: 65
THOR #8849
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we have an Axis 24.1 2016.....windows, track, and most importantly the joint where the front cap and coach join all are subject to vibration and need to be resealed regularly. Here in Kingston and area we win the roughest roads award every year.
passenger side done again yesterday.
on a recent trip to the north we hit some very rough roads and after a couple of days of travel the seams allowed some slight drips.
I will look for the posts that deal with this in more detail.
Rick
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09-02-2020, 08:30 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Axis 24.1
State: Ontario
Posts: 65
THOR #8849
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Search "Axis/Vegas Window Leak (maybe?)"
search "Wall issues"
Axis Earl
had the posts that I used (I can not find the pictures)
Rick
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09-02-2020, 09:26 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Forest River Forester 235
State: Indiana
Posts: 4,884
THOR #6826
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Wall issue
Those little hard pimples are pretty easy to ignore and there is an understandable reluctance to believing there is an ongoing water intrusion problem. But that’s what it is and it needs to be addressed at the very first appearance. Good luck.
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09-04-2020, 02:18 AM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Serrano
State: Florida
Posts: 211
THOR #8144
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I agree with Rick that the persistent bubble problem may well be caused by a leak at the end cap/ gutter junction. If it were me, I would re-seal that whole area. I have removed windows that I thought were the problem just to discover that the source was really the joints higher up. The intruding water will find a path down as far as gravity will allow it and either escape or be soaked into the wall if it can't drain out.
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11-20-2020, 10:26 PM
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Junior Member
Brand: Still Looking
State: Ohio
Posts: 19
THOR #16558
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Wall leaks
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ford1
I agree with Rick that the persistent bubble problem may well be caused by a leak at the end cap/ gutter junction. If it were me, I would re-seal that whole area. I have removed windows that I thought were the problem just to discover that the source was really the joints higher up. The intruding water will find a path down as far as gravity will allow it and either escape or be soaked into the wall if it can't drain out.
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Follow up I just got my ACE back from Thor they took the window out ,took panel off replace ,sealed around mirrors, top of roof ,around antenna, getting 5% readings on moisture meter Thor said that was in their standard I don’t know but we’ll see
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