Kingsley

[tmsnyder]

$4000, looks like a decent place to start, love the cabinets!

Does anyone know why in the first picture there is a big dent in the side just in front of the rear wheels, down low next to the bottom? It's in the fiberglass and mine has the same pronounced 'dent'. Is that a sign of the body pads sagging?

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[RF_Burns]

Mine now has the same "dent" I noticed it right after trying to replace the body pads using the recommended "at the time" methode of using a hydraulic jack under the floor stringers. I heard a loud BANG... I let the jack down and re-thought the whole thing. Right after that I noticed the Dent. I think I broke a weld in the aluminum framework.

My experience is DO NOT follow recommendations to lift each floor stringer using a hydraulic jack. When doing this you are basically lifting that whole side of the coach using the floor stringer(s). The suspension will push the frame up against the body and the excessive weight can/will bend the floor stringer and/or bend/break the body frameword.

Here is a text write-up on how I did the pad replacement

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5800-isolation-pad-installation.html

Just my thoughts and experiences.

 

[tmsnyder]

Do you think the popped-in panel was caused by tweaking the body around on the frame? Yeah, so maybe that's what happened with mine from sagged body.