Black tank fell from r-pod - Event Date: 03 Nov 2016

Originally posted by StephenH If I lived near the dealer, I would be taking it there today. I have to drive about 2 hours to get there. I will be traveling quite a bit this spring and summer. I would not want to have the same thing happen while we are on the road.

Stephen,

I understand the dealer accessibility problem; I had the same situation. From your picture it looks like the bracket is not square with the frame. You cannot fix that with washers. If it were me I would remove the whole support and check for squareness. If the support is square and the welds look good I would remount the support in new holes (both ends) with #14 sheetmetal screws. If necessary fill gaps with large washers or flat metal stock.

You would think fr corrected this problem that has been identified years ago.l think it first showed up in 2010 models. I corrected mine on my 2011. It is like they made the bracket to short and mounted it any. I installed washers on each side and used larger screws. I checked all the bracket's holding fresh water tank & holding tanks. Obviously all owners (new or used) need to check these bracket's for proper installation. Especially if you still are under warranty.

My brand new 170 also has significant amount of rust. Shoddy workmanship.

Originally posted by cactus My brand new 170 also has significant amount of rust. Shoddy workmanship.

A.. there isn't a "170"

B.. rust happens. Surface rust can happen in seconds. Deep damaging rust takes YEARS to be an issue in most of the country.. decades where you live.. Hit it with some rustoleum and call it good.

C.. maintaining an RV of any type will involve some work.

After work tomorrow I will have to go on the back 20 and take a peek underneath to make certain I don't have this problem.  Now that the snow is nearly gone, yeah !!!  Thanks for the warning/updates/info everyone on this.