07-14-2013, 06:18 PM
I've had a water leak in the roof of the slide 3 times since I've had the coach. Only a slow drip each time but wasn't able to see the top of the slide because of the awning toppers.
Last night we had a heavy rain and about 2am I woke to find water dripping on the sofa. We covered the sofa and cleaned up the mess. I dropped the front right side to keep the water away from the outside seam of the slide since I thought that was where the leak was. The next morning we pulled in the slide, unbolted the awning and while Tom & Clarke were holding the awning arms I ran out the slide. I climbed on top and inspected the roof and silicone seals. Couldn't find any obvious places where it had leaked.
On the top of the front slide there are aluminum panels where Newell had glued over some holes where the locking pins had punched through the roof when the computer went wacky. There is a hole at the front & rear where the panel doesn't cover. So I built up that area with 3m 5200 to level it out. It looked like the water could maybe seep through the seal since there was a depression there.
Tomorrow once the 5200 has cured we'll spray water on the top of the slide to see if there are any more leaks.
And yes we pulled the valence and have been cleaning the inside of the upholstered ceiling.
Update tomorrow.
Last night we had a heavy rain and about 2am I woke to find water dripping on the sofa. We covered the sofa and cleaned up the mess. I dropped the front right side to keep the water away from the outside seam of the slide since I thought that was where the leak was. The next morning we pulled in the slide, unbolted the awning and while Tom & Clarke were holding the awning arms I ran out the slide. I climbed on top and inspected the roof and silicone seals. Couldn't find any obvious places where it had leaked.
On the top of the front slide there are aluminum panels where Newell had glued over some holes where the locking pins had punched through the roof when the computer went wacky. There is a hole at the front & rear where the panel doesn't cover. So I built up that area with 3m 5200 to level it out. It looked like the water could maybe seep through the seal since there was a depression there.
Tomorrow once the 5200 has cured we'll spray water on the top of the slide to see if there are any more leaks.
And yes we pulled the valence and have been cleaning the inside of the upholstered ceiling.
Update tomorrow.
Forest & Cindy Olivier
1987 log cabin
2011 Roadtrek C210P
PO 1999 Foretravel 36'
1998 Newell 45' #486
1993 Newell 39' #337