11-01-2022, 05:53 AM
Hypoxia thank you, I wish I had your type slide, I seen them up close at Newell the other day and wish I could retro fit them onto my coach.
On another note I have all the supplies to to put the slide back together, we are using advantech decking rather than the plywood, advantech is not affected by water. Just in case!
In the picture you'll 2 sheets of advantech and 2 pieces 1" of dense foam, this is what we will use for the pattern on the roof rather than the wood they used in the past, also you can see the Omega board that is 2 pieces of aluminum with a corrugated plastic core, this is the roofing material rather than 1/4" plywood, it is strong, lite and will last forever and not be affected by water. I will use my cnc laser to cut out the patterns for the design. I have a 3d digitizer that is used to make patterns on the interior of boats that will give me a 2d cad of the old design which I kept. This will give us a lite weight rigid roof in the same design it was.
I cut and tig welled some new screw adjustment for the pop up floor as 6 of them were broken or missing so those have been installed and I put the pop up floor back into place for installation. I don't recommend removing this floor its a bitch to work with. As you can see I cut a hole in the front this is the only way to insert the adjustable studs into that front part right behind the drivers seat, all the rest can be accessed from the compartments below. There is blocks off wood that support the back and front of the pop up floor I will remove them piece by piece till all the screw adjustments are in place and bolted down.
I ordered some 1/2" and 3/4" Delrin sheet to make new slide guides as the old ones are screwed into place by someone in the past, this is going to be a tough job to replace 3 of them which are out of adjustments. You can see where I started chiseling out the old ones, I am not fond of this process but it is what it is.
My wife Kathleen worked all day yesterday cleaning out the sealant between the front face of the slide and the sides we will use 5200 to reseal this area as a lot of water came in from this. I would recommend anyone who has an older coach to keep an eye on this area it will cause many problems if it leaks. The new seal material for the windows will be in tomorrow and we will have this buttoned up tight before the next rain on Saturday.
Thats all folks!
On another note I have all the supplies to to put the slide back together, we are using advantech decking rather than the plywood, advantech is not affected by water. Just in case!
In the picture you'll 2 sheets of advantech and 2 pieces 1" of dense foam, this is what we will use for the pattern on the roof rather than the wood they used in the past, also you can see the Omega board that is 2 pieces of aluminum with a corrugated plastic core, this is the roofing material rather than 1/4" plywood, it is strong, lite and will last forever and not be affected by water. I will use my cnc laser to cut out the patterns for the design. I have a 3d digitizer that is used to make patterns on the interior of boats that will give me a 2d cad of the old design which I kept. This will give us a lite weight rigid roof in the same design it was.
I cut and tig welled some new screw adjustment for the pop up floor as 6 of them were broken or missing so those have been installed and I put the pop up floor back into place for installation. I don't recommend removing this floor its a bitch to work with. As you can see I cut a hole in the front this is the only way to insert the adjustable studs into that front part right behind the drivers seat, all the rest can be accessed from the compartments below. There is blocks off wood that support the back and front of the pop up floor I will remove them piece by piece till all the screw adjustments are in place and bolted down.
I ordered some 1/2" and 3/4" Delrin sheet to make new slide guides as the old ones are screwed into place by someone in the past, this is going to be a tough job to replace 3 of them which are out of adjustments. You can see where I started chiseling out the old ones, I am not fond of this process but it is what it is.
My wife Kathleen worked all day yesterday cleaning out the sealant between the front face of the slide and the sides we will use 5200 to reseal this area as a lot of water came in from this. I would recommend anyone who has an older coach to keep an eye on this area it will cause many problems if it leaks. The new seal material for the windows will be in tomorrow and we will have this buttoned up tight before the next rain on Saturday.
Thats all folks!
1999 45' with tag axle, #504 "Magnolia"
Gravette, Arkansas