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11-16-2020, 07:13 AM #1
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11-16-2020, 07:30 AM #2
Not a frame piece at all. Just aluminum skirt. It does have sufficient freedom to expand and contract so it's relieving that captured stress by buckling. This happens a lot in the camper world, especially with the darker colors. The trim pieces may need to be shortened and/or panels removed and holes for screws drilled oversized to allow them to shrink and expand more freely.
Rob & Nikki + Cloverfield
2020 Grand Design Solitude S-Class 3350RL
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Mountains of Pennsylvania
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11-17-2020, 04:30 AM #3
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You need to contact GD customer service and show them the pictures. There's a reason those divots are occurring. Been there.
Patrick & Marla with Boomer and Sooner
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11-17-2020, 05:46 AM #4
My apologies. I just re-read your post where this is occurring on BOTH sides. @Phansen404 is correct, you need to schedule a repair with GD.
Rob & Nikki + Cloverfield
2020 Grand Design Solitude S-Class 3350RL
2015 RAM 3500 Longhorn Laramie Crew Cab, Long Bed, 4x4 Dually Cummins/AISIN
Mountains of Pennsylvania
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11-22-2020, 09:20 AM #5
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So Phansen404, can you let us know what they said caused your problem? We are on the road and will contact them this week.
2016 Reflection 303RLS
Bedford County, VA
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03-01-2021, 04:51 PM #6
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I wanted to follow up on this in case anyone else has this problem. We contacted the factory and was basically told they have never seen this before and we should take it to a service dealer for them to evaluate. While pondering, someone on facebook posted pictures like ours and it started an interesting chain of messages. The most important being from several people who had the same problem and it was determined to be caused by the back wall flexing. This was confirmed because they took their rigs to the factory for repair. I'm really not sure what the secret password is to get the factory to look at and fix your problems but we don't have it. I called the factory again and got the same run around. I finally gave up and asked exactly what size screws should be holding the back of our camper onto sides. I did finally get that information. My husband removed the trim took out the screws and they were replaced by the correct size screws. Since that time, we have gone on two trips and this seems to have fixed the problem.
Here is the information we received from the factory:
and here is the size screws that we removed:
we were lucky we didn't lose the back of the camper going down the road.2016 Reflection 303RLS
Bedford County, VA
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06-29-2021, 06:30 AM #7
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paphil, We are having the same issue with our back wall moving. How many screws did you end up using?
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06-29-2021, 07:35 AM #8
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We replaced both sides and along the bottom. I can't remember exactly how many but removed the old and put in new.
2016 Reflection 303RLS
Bedford County, VA
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