20' Series New 2015 bed end

[Panda Shell]

Hi everyone,

Just a question for you all. Do the last year style hard bed ends leak along the hinge onto the top of the tent when it is open? I would have thought that if you had weatherproof screens fitted, there would be no water getting onto the tent at all. With the new hard ends it leaks quite a bit through the piano hinge and onto the tent itself, so even if we put the weatherproof screens on it will still be wet on the tent???
I am trying to ascertain whether I can remedy this or if it is just bad design and I have to live with it.

Cheers

Shano

 

[cruza driver]

Yep there is some that leak along the hinge @Panda Shell but a reaseal will/should fix it. The older lids get fixed this way.

 

[Marv_mart]

Yep there is some that leak along the hinge @Panda Shell but a reaseal will/should fix it. The older lids get fixed this way.

How is this 'Reseal' done? Is it a DIY? We have a 2014 model

 

[hamish22]

How is this 'Reseal' done? Is it a DIY? We have a 2014 model

I resealed along the hinge edges with sikaflex and it seemed to solve most of the problem, but I also found that when water was hitting the lid it was flowing back toward the hinge due to how far it opened up, so I moved the struts forward a little on the lid to give the lid a more forward sloping run off!

 

[Panda Shell]

I think the problem is that it is a piano hinge, so it has small gaps all the way along. Really the wrong sort of hinge for this application. I spoke to Perth Caravan Repair Centre today who suggested a vinyl seal strip that slides into a sail track on the van body and the hard lid which will pretty much cure the problem. Simple fixes are sometimes the best!!

 

[cruza driver]

@hamish22 has answered what I did as a preventative measure. Ours has never leaked yet.

@Panda Shell I cant remember who has this mod (the vinyl strip) but someone had this mod done.

 

[JaycoQ]

Just saw ours in the flesh today and as expected they've gone back to the old design. Might be reason enough to go back to dealer and ask them for a fix.

 

[Michael & Sam]

Just saw ours in the flesh today and as expected they've gone back to the old design. Might be reason enough to go back to dealer and ask them for a fix.

Hello JaycoQ.....nice van and ours is due in the next couple of weeks too. Are you getting a box done for the front. If so where? Liked the last one on the 17!!

 

[JaycoQ]

Hi I'm hoping to add an off the shelf one, but will wait and see how we go for storage. We deleted the bottom bunk and optioned cabinets instead, with a BBQ door for external access. Once I install the washing machine I should have enough room for the canvas walls in the remaining lower shelf space. You can see the black door in the 2nd picture.