Thanks for the tips, I may have to do some more work on it myself. I didn't think about the gear that is loaded making the tires have some camber. I have about 440 pounds of stuff in the trailer.

Now I am waiting on parts for the next repair!

I know this is not a huge deal, but I am very disappointed in the quality of our R-Pod. There have been several items what I have repaired myself, and now two major items that need to be repaired in five months or ownership. It is unimaginable how bad these campers are designed and constructed. Plus the fact that there appears to be zero pride in the manufacturing process. You would not believe the mess I have cleaned up while doing some of the small repairs. Seams to me that manufactures could improve profits, with fewer warranty repairs, by improving the design and manufacturing. They would have a happier customer base, that is also more loyal in addition. But maybe this is not what they want?

Sorry for the rant.

I asked if the replacement axle would be a better unit, or the same as what I have now. They said it would most likely be the same axle, and that an issue like this very rare, so I should not have a reoccurrence. 

Will most likely schedule this during the winter months, December - January. 

It is easy to check with a 24" level.

Not to derail the thread... but heh

When we discovered the leak it was 2am on our last night of a 2 week trip. I had a tube of clear silicone with me so we did a lantern light silicone session as the rain let up a bit. It rained more later that night and no more water was coming in. First thing I did the following Monday was call our dealership - we will have warranty from Forest River until December and another 5 years extended beyond that. We had a chat with them - since my repair held up we (the dealership and myself/wife) decided to leave it until the fall to repair it properly as to not screw our entire camping season. I had them setup an appointment for October and send me an e-mail detailing our discussion and next steps.

After looking at the window a little closer - it looks like one of the screws inside was installed wonky - causing the seal around the trim to separate on one side (both sides don't look the same).

Weighed it on our first trip back in February, and will be heading to the NC mountains in a few days and will get it weighed again. February weights were 4240lbs for the total camper weight, and 3580lbs on the axle. But we have added some stuff since then!

@Colonel Podder - I would love to hear back with the results from your dealer appointment

@offgrid - I actually took mine across a scale on our first trip - came in a 3750 on the trailer axle. You are correct - the axle is rated for 4400 lbs.

I visited the dealer today and looked at the new 196 on the lot. The camber looks much different than mine, there was none that I could tell just by looking at it. Mine is pretty extreme, the picture just doesn't capture it. Got an appointment in about three weeks to take it in. Hopefully there is a permanent fix for it.

My plan is to visit the dealer tomorrow. They have a new 196 and 192 on the lot, I want to see how they look compared to ours. This is my first camper, but I am not new to trailers and towing. In fact, I have a 5+ year old enclosed cargo hauler with torsion axles and the wheels are straight, no camber. 

Overall I have been very disappointed in the quality of our r-pod, but this new discovery is an extreme low for us.

Thanks again.

I have a 10+ year old 177 and have the same thing on my slide side only.  The other side is perfectly straight up and down. 

Being so excited about owning our first travel trailer (March 2011) this was something I never paid attention to until it was a year old.  And having noted others with the same issue, I never worried about it.  I guess the fact that after replacing my first set of tires (even though I only owned the 177 for 5 years but the tires were 7 years old) was that on the side where camber was the issue and having put over 22,000 miles on them, the wear was only slightly more worn on the inside of the tread.  On our 2nd set, Hartland tires LRC, from Tire Factory, the same wear was noted after 5 years, nothing dramatic at all.  Now having recently purchased our 3rd set, Carlisle's I would expect the same as I did with the previous two sets.

I have a question regarding the camber on our camper. I am thinking this is normal, but wanted to ask here before taking it to the dealer.

Today I noticed a good bit of negative camber on both wheels. The tire is leaning in on both sides. The camper is about 5 months old and has been on seven short to medium length trips so far. I have not noticed any abnormal tire wear. With the camper sitting level, and using a crude method with a level, there is about 5/8" of lean on both tires. I am putting the level off center in order to miss the tire bulge at the bottom. Is this of any concern?

In addition, my Sister and B-I-L's r-pod 196 is sitting next to mine and I can see the same negative camber on their camper. Only difference is that the camber is slightly less than what mine has. They have three short trips on their camper.  

Thanks!