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The guys that assemble these coaches have their screw guns set at max power and they just over tighten every screw. I found a bunch on my last coach and this one as well.

I just put a set of mud flaps on this weekend and was attaching them to the exiting plastic flaps they have protecting the bins behind the rear wheels. They have a metal strip across the center of the plastic flap and then they have it attached to the sheet metal on the inner wall to keep them from flapping around. Of course one side was missing the screws because they over tightened the screws and stripped the sheet metal.

The vertical weather strip on the slide wall was coming off last year and I had them fix it. Now I just noticed it is again. It is just held on with adhesive. I am going to try to clean the old adhesive and fix it myself.

It is disheartening. We really do like the coach. There are only a few options and none great. The choices are.......

Could the issue be with the fasteners (panhead screws) and not the screw guns? I'm reminded of the airline issue and foreign made fasteners. The industry I work in has bolt specs that require usa-made bolts. The issue is poor quality steel and when torque is applied the fastener develops cracks that leads to failure in use. Maybe Thor needs a different screw supply.