Loud popping

mike58

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Each night and most mornings my 265BH cracks and pops for quite a while. It seems to coincide with temperature change. All of my stabilizers have locks on them and haven’t changed.
The worst ones are usually just as I am falling asleep and sound like someone has slammed the side of the bedroom with a bat (baseball, not the flying kind). This is a 2023 model year. My 2021 231RK never made this much noise.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this ? Thanks ahead of time.
 
If you have hydraulic levelers you need the additive that prevents this. I think CAT makes it.

If it isn't hydraulic levelers maybe it is just the siding that is expanding and shrinking in the heat/cold (mine does it sometime when the sun starts hitting the DS).
 
I have the scissors type with locks. They don’t move after the locks are installed. I do have the aluminum siding, so that might be a possible cause. I was concerned about it having a structural source. This TT is NOT as solid as my first one. Whenever I see a Grand Design in any of the campgrounds I’m in, I ask what year theirs was made in. If it’s a 2023 I ask them about the quality. I get many responses, but one of those I can include is “what quality?”
When I picked this one up and hit the road I was surprised with all of the “little things” that weren’t right. As long as the noise isn’t something structural I can live with it.
Thanks Traveldawg for the suggestion.
 
Each night and most mornings my 265BH cracks and pops for quite a while. It seems to coincide with temperature change. All of my stabilizers have locks on them and haven’t changed.
The worst ones are usually just as I am falling asleep and sound like someone has slammed the side of the bedroom with a bat (baseball, not the flying kind). This is a 2023 model year. My 2021 231RK never made this much noise.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this ? Thanks ahead of time.

It's because of the black side metal and long, interrupted runs of it.
 
If you have hydraulic levelers you need the additive that prevents this. I think CAT makes it.

If it isn't hydraulic levelers maybe it is just the siding that is expanding and shrinking in the heat/cold (mine does it sometime when the sun starts hitting the DS).

Just for future reference, only the Solitudes and Momentums have hydraulics; everything else is electric of one type or another.

Rob
 
Thanks everyone who responded. While the gray and black paint definitely looks cool going down the road, I realize it also soaks up the thermal energy.
Also, I apologize for the late response. I had to have a molar removed and it didn’t give up easily.
I appreciate the community knowledge and the willingness to share.
 
If you have hydraulic levelers you need the additive that prevents this. I think CAT makes it.

If it isn't hydraulic levelers maybe it is just the siding that is expanding and shrinking in the heat/cold (mine does it sometime when the sun starts hitting the DS).

What is this additive of which you speak? This creaking happens to ours almost daily (especially in sunny FL). I have tuned it out, but DW thinks the wheels are going to fall off. I'm trying to think of what an additive might do.
 
What is this additive of which you speak? This creaking happens to ours almost daily (especially in sunny FL). I have tuned it out, but DW thinks the wheels are going to fall off. I'm trying to think of what an additive might do.

The additives are CAT brand anti-stiction fluid or other brands of fork oil. The anti-stiction fluid works the best and Lippert has a white paper (you can find it on their site) on exchanging the anti-stiction fluid for the ATF in the hydraulic system (one to two quarts).

Rob
 
The additives are CAT brand anti-stiction fluid or other brands of fork oil. The anti-stiction fluid works the best and Lippert has a white paper (you can find it on their site) on exchanging the anti-stiction fluid for the ATF in the hydraulic system (one to two quarts).

Rob

Thanks Rob. I have a weeping fitting and it's it's seven years old, so a fluid change is worth considering when I repair the hose.
 
Thanks Rob. I have a weeping fitting and it's it's seven years old, so a fluid change is worth considering when I repair the hose.

Yes - LCI recommends changing the fluid (complete) at 10 years, anyway. However, it's a max of two quarts of CAT anti-stiction fluid or fork oil with the rest being the specified ATF.

Rob
 

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