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As title says, I am trying to figure out how the interior fender covers are attached. While cleaning the trailer yesterday, I found the interior fender slightly pulled away from the wall and the diamond plate pulled away. I can also see some faint daylight at the wall/floor junction. Inspection beneath reveals no damage. It just appears the floor / wall now has a gap. The only thing we have done recently is to replace the tie-down plate bolts. But we did all of them and no other issues.
Any Ideas ??
Here are a couple photos.
Trailer Info
2006 Weekend Warrior LE3505 (Bought new)
My thought is, in terms of the order of construction, those fender covers would have gone on from the inside when they were trimming it out. If I am correct, there has to be a simple way it was done via snaps, screws, or something fast.
Normally when I am stumped (which is pretty often), I carry a Buck knife with a fairly wide, but not very sharp blade that I use mostly for prying.
Can you push the inside fender back into place? One of my guesses was, if it was screwed into place from underneath, a screw rusted out.
There were six of them. 2 low right a carpet seam angled into the floor and 4 on top angled into the wall. 3 of them were broken. And I wonder why it was loose.
Here are a picture.
I also found why the diamond plate was bowing.
It would appear during construction the installers butted this piece to the leading piece, then locked it down with trip screws. Well it was under tension. over the years of travel the screws could not keep it in place. I few minutes with a flat file and all was good.
Fortunately I collected all the long screws I have found over the years and had 3 replacements.
There were six of them. 2 low right a carpet seam angled into the floor and 4 on top angled into the wall. 3 of them were broken. And I wonder why it was loose.
Here are a picture.
I also found why the diamond plate was bowing.
It would appear during construction the installers butted this piece to the leading piece, then locked it down with trip screws. Well it was under tension. over the years of travel the screws could not keep it in place. I few minutes with a flat file and all was good.
Fortunately I collected all the long screws I have found over the years and had 3 replacements.
And here it is all reassembled.
Thanks again Steve, I appreciate the help.
Keith
Good job on the diagnosis and repair. Manufacturers love to hide screws in carpeting.
I think those are Stromberg Carlson bunk hooks. Why not search their stuff or contact them directly? I don't have a listing for them through a distributor, but that is probably because the demand is so limited, but they look pretty standard to me.
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