nogascans
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2022 GD Reflection 150 260RD.
Anyone had issues with and found a solution for strengthening the wall/securing the 12V Furrion fridge?
Had TSB from GD addressed by purchasing dealer, and same issue has not resolved itself as result is now worse than before. Appears that the fix was to install a pair of furring strips on left and right bottom edge to keep fridge from walking L-R, but doesn’t control forward/rearward movement.
Have been in touch with GD TS again along with dealer. Looking like another return to service is in near future. It appears to be to be a mistake or lack of engineering design on securing the fridge.
To my mechanical (Retired ASE Master Tech) way of thinking, issue is fridge is moving forward/backward when vehicle is in motion. A pair of vertically placed brackets that are secured to left and right walls hold fridge in place. While the side to right of fridge is solid as it is part of cabinet/pantry, the left side is simply a small 1 x with veneer panel (on each side). Not solid enough and left wall with hinge has now separated from veneer by pulling all the staples free. Top of left wall doesn’t does not have a secure attachment point at top (only veneer side held in place by panel/shear). I tried to explain that this would be the same as a door jam being attached to a side wall stud that was only nailed to floor and not to/ no header at top. Every time you would open the door you are putting pressure on the jamb and basically floating stud (does this explanation make sense?) Really looks like a stouter vertical stud with top plate (top of slide box??) securement is needed, possibly with some horizontal perlings along with some blocking/wedging at top/rear of fridge to keep it in place.
Best explanation from a movement prospective is that when slide is out for use, entire slide along with drive as oriented slightly downward towards outside and mass along with gravity helps keep it in place. But, when stowed, fridge is no longer leaning outbound and is actually leaning inboard (against brackets). With setup as images show, I can easily rock top of fridge inwards even beyond what is broken loose. With slide out, I need quite a bit of effort to accomplish the same result.
I’ve attached a few pictures for reference and welcome any input on design improvement.
thanks in advance for any thoughts!
Sincerely,
David
Anyone had issues with and found a solution for strengthening the wall/securing the 12V Furrion fridge?
Had TSB from GD addressed by purchasing dealer, and same issue has not resolved itself as result is now worse than before. Appears that the fix was to install a pair of furring strips on left and right bottom edge to keep fridge from walking L-R, but doesn’t control forward/rearward movement.
Have been in touch with GD TS again along with dealer. Looking like another return to service is in near future. It appears to be to be a mistake or lack of engineering design on securing the fridge.
To my mechanical (Retired ASE Master Tech) way of thinking, issue is fridge is moving forward/backward when vehicle is in motion. A pair of vertically placed brackets that are secured to left and right walls hold fridge in place. While the side to right of fridge is solid as it is part of cabinet/pantry, the left side is simply a small 1 x with veneer panel (on each side). Not solid enough and left wall with hinge has now separated from veneer by pulling all the staples free. Top of left wall doesn’t does not have a secure attachment point at top (only veneer side held in place by panel/shear). I tried to explain that this would be the same as a door jam being attached to a side wall stud that was only nailed to floor and not to/ no header at top. Every time you would open the door you are putting pressure on the jamb and basically floating stud (does this explanation make sense?) Really looks like a stouter vertical stud with top plate (top of slide box??) securement is needed, possibly with some horizontal perlings along with some blocking/wedging at top/rear of fridge to keep it in place.
Best explanation from a movement prospective is that when slide is out for use, entire slide along with drive as oriented slightly downward towards outside and mass along with gravity helps keep it in place. But, when stowed, fridge is no longer leaning outbound and is actually leaning inboard (against brackets). With setup as images show, I can easily rock top of fridge inwards even beyond what is broken loose. With slide out, I need quite a bit of effort to accomplish the same result.
I’ve attached a few pictures for reference and welcome any input on design improvement.
thanks in advance for any thoughts!
Sincerely,
David
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