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Free2Go · 10-28-2015, 02:22 PM

I've got leak issues on both my front and rear cap that I can't seem to get sealed. I'm ready to take it to someone. I'm sitting in Ann Arbor, MI, but will be headed down toward Elkhart, IN. Anyone have a suggested place to get the work done?

wolfe10 · 10-28-2015, 03:57 PM

Steve,

What are you using to seal the cap seams/moldings? I just got through resealing ours as Preventive Maintenance.

Dug out old caulk (aft side of front seam/molding) and both fore and aft side of rear seam/molding. Taped to make a clean caulk line. Used Sikaflex 221 white. Also replaced all the screws in the rear molding with stainless steel and bedded them in the Sikaflex 221.

Sifaflex 221 is a high end polyurethane sealant: RV Sealant- Structural Bonding & Assembly, Sealing | Sika Corporation U.S.

Rich and Cork · 10-28-2015, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Free2Go

I've got leak issues on both my front and rear cap that I can't seem to get sealed. I'm ready to take it to someone. I'm sitting in Ann Arbor, MI, but will be headed down toward Elkhart, IN. Anyone have a suggested place to get the work done?

I can't recommend anyone, but since about 70% of RVs are made there, you should have no problem finding someone. Take a few hours and tour the RV Museum. It is a neat place. We stopped there about six weeks ago on our around the middle of the country trip. We did a tour of the Newmar Factory and that was very nice. You go right on the factory floor and go station to station with a tour guide. There are others, but that is the one we did.

DrDaveMA · 10-28-2015, 06:16 PM

Sikaflex 221 is available from Amazon.

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Wil Rathke · 10-29-2015, 07:05 AM

I suggest you also check caulk around the running lights. I finally found our front leak around the lights.

EngineerMike · 10-31-2015, 12:47 PM

WRV may have "wrved" the screws. I just had my front cap redone completely. Most of the screw heads were broken off. I doubled the number of screws and took care not to over tighten, then floated with self leveling sealant.