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    Posted: 09 Jul 2014 at 12:03am
I glanced at mine today at a rest stop, I don't see any bowing or gaps, crossing my fingers it stays that way.
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Went out and checked, the middle of the light bar is up about an inch & a half. This light bar was installed just recently on a delayed recall. What is the problem with Forrest River, would a visit from National Transportation & Safety get them interested in taking care of their clients. I see General Motors was forced to respond & really got spanked. I would like to see some activity toward the clients from this vendor.
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Checked on my unit last night.  If it was to be taped down there was no tape.  the heat and sun managed to warp the unit and pull out 2 screws.  I filled in the screw holes for now and will look into what needs to be done.
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Kind of glad that I made my own. Used a two part marine epoxy and one screw at each end into the track at the edge to hold it down. No problems so far. Goose
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I looked at my light bar this morning as I was leaving for work.  It has warped and separated from the trailer.  Appears one of the screws has pulled loose also.  I will be doing a better check tonight. 
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actually my son just mentioned this to me last night (light bar pulling up on bottom).  i noticed this last year, and the top was as well.  siliconed the top side, but not bottom, just in case any water did get thru.  its screwed down by 7 screws on each side and am assuming wires coming thru the hole is well sealed (i hope!).  hogone 
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I noticed that our light bar is also pulling away from the bottom. It looks like the light bar is slowly warping and pulling away from the body of the rpod.
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Forest River is actually investigating right now about the adhesive tape on these light bars and why it isn't holding up.  IIRC it was a 3m product used and they are trying to see why it isn't holding up.

If I hear anything else I'll mention it.
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I would just get a tube of white or clear silicone.
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Posts: 1088 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Jun 2014 at 8:47pm
Our light bar was actually factory installed.  We were returning from the UP back to North Carolina with our pod.  We stopped at the factory and they did the light bar and several other minor things.  While we waited, We got a nice tour of the factory-unfortunately, they were not building pods at that particular time.  They set up their assembly line for a specific model and make xxx number and then change to another  model.  It was a great tour and we got some nice Forest River and R Pod stuff.

Anyway, I hope they can just tell me the name of the adhesive caulk-or send a tube -and I would be glad to try the fix myself. Its not in danger of falling off-it's got 3 screws on each side.

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