My 2 cents worth...
What breaks the starter bracket is the generator, or rather the starter
bracket, hitting on the bottem of the slideout continously as shockmounts
sag and perhaps were not quite reinstalled properly during a repair. etc.
End result is that it hits. You'll be able to tell by the worn metal where
the starter bracket lives in it's normal closed position.
After I replaced mine, back in Onan days, I cut a smal square out of the
bottom of the enclosure so that the bracket did not come in contact with it
any more.
Never broke another after that.
That's what I did... long ago.
Heinz
- ----- Original Message -----
From: gene
To:
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: GMC: Onan Operation
> They myth is that being extended is what breaks the bracket....... really
> think they work loose and/or the bracket is weak... extended is not the
prob.
>
> gene
>
>
> >In a message dated 10/22/99 9:55:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >
> >> this is the myth....... they run fine extended, I think the brackets
were
> >> already broken if you had a failure.
> >>
> >This no myth--my Onan bracket was broken and somebody welded it back
> together-
> >seems to work fine on the work table
. It really needs to be put back
> into
> >the hole it came from for the winter.
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >
> Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
> GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
> mr.erf
> http://www.california.com/~eagle/
>
>
What breaks the starter bracket is the generator, or rather the starter
bracket, hitting on the bottem of the slideout continously as shockmounts
sag and perhaps were not quite reinstalled properly during a repair. etc.
End result is that it hits. You'll be able to tell by the worn metal where
the starter bracket lives in it's normal closed position.
After I replaced mine, back in Onan days, I cut a smal square out of the
bottom of the enclosure so that the bracket did not come in contact with it
any more.
Never broke another after that.
That's what I did... long ago.
Heinz
- ----- Original Message -----
From: gene
To:
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: GMC: Onan Operation
> They myth is that being extended is what breaks the bracket....... really
> think they work loose and/or the bracket is weak... extended is not the
prob.
>
> gene
>
>
> >In a message dated 10/22/99 9:55:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >
> >> this is the myth....... they run fine extended, I think the brackets
were
> >> already broken if you had a failure.
> >>
> >This no myth--my Onan bracket was broken and somebody welded it back
> together-
> >seems to work fine on the work table
. It really needs to be put back> into
> >the hole it came from for the winter.
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >
> Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
> GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
> mr.erf
> http://www.california.com/~eagle/
>
>
