Black/gray drain Belt and Suspenders
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Topic: Black/gray drain Belt and Suspenders
Posted By: GlueGuy
Subject: Black/gray drain Belt and Suspenders
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 10:18am
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After seeing the results of what happens if the brackets for either the black or gray water tank drains fails, I decided to invest in a little preventative measure. I call this "belt and suspenders", as if one bracket fails, there will be a second "just in case". The parts I used are all stainless except for the clevis hangars, which are epoxy coated. I could have used stainless clevis hangars, but the 3" one is $5 in epoxy coated, and $30 in stainless. In this particular instance, I chose overkill instead of massive overkill. All of the nuts are stainless nylock nuts. Black water hangar:  Gray water hangar:  ------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Posted By: Ben Herman
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 1:32pm
| Nice job! Where do you get the clevis hangers? |
Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 1:45pm
Remember, these hangars go by the ID of the pipe (not the OD). So the 3-1/2" (OD) black water pipe is actually a 3" (ID) hangar.
------------- bp 2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
Posted By: crankster78
Date Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 3:52pm
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Greetings Nice job. What I did is took a piece of strap, removed a bolt from the valve, installed the strap on the bolt, and drilled a couple of self taping bolts into the frame. Tightened the bolt back up. Took about 10 minutes. Crankster78 ------------- Crankster 78 R-179 2015 |
Posted By: wthoms2000
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2018 at 12:39pm
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Same as Crankster78:
https://m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!/photo.php?fbid=10217417197960829&id=1201177476&set=p.10217417197960829&source=47 - https://m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!/photo.php?fbid=10217417197960829&id=1201177476&set=p.10217417197960829&source=47 Actually is ten minutes! ------------- Porta Poddy Wil and Luz, Orange County, CA 2017.5 179 HRE 2021 Ranger XLT FX4 REDARC Brake Controller |