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06-06-2014, 07:11 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1975 31' Sovereign
cary
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 150
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Wheel well, outer replacement. 1975 31'
Ok, so the PO had a bad tire blowout, and cut a hole in the curbside wheel well the length of a man to put garden hose tubing on a copper line, please bear in mind the entire AS has been redone in pex.
I tore out the wheel well , or what was left of it, thinking it was going to be simple to replace. well, from what i can tell, its underneath the sub floor. Is their any tricks i can do to re-attach the donor wheel well in a proper manor so that it serves its purpose? i have another one from a donor frame that's in really good condition.
any takers?
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06-06-2014, 08:14 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 27' Overlander
Tampa
, Florida
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 796
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Interesting... my '76 wheel well is not under the subfloor. It fits into a c-channel type extrusion that slips over the subfloor the same way as the c-channel around the sides. Then the wheel well sets on top of it- in its' own little channel. Have to have the interior out to replace, so I've wondered what I would do if I have a blow out that damages it once I have this thing all back together.... Guess I'll have to buy tires more often than I'd like as insurance.
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06-06-2014, 09:14 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1975 31' Sovereign
cary
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 150
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mixter
Interesting... my '76 wheel well is not under the subfloor. It fits into a c-channel type extrusion that slips over the subfloor the same way as the c-channel around the sides. Then the wheel well sets on top of it- in its' own little channel. Have to have the interior out to replace, so I've wondered what I would do if I have a blow out that damages it once I have this thing all back together.... Guess I'll have to buy tires more often than I'd like as insurance.
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or get antiqe'ers insurance. Tire blow outs suck, this one was so bad it destroyed the subfloor the water heater was on and i had to replace that . I also found out that if you go lower on steel rims in terms of ply, you can never go up again, as you will bend/crack the rims. however this doesn't apply to the aluminium forged rims.
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06-06-2014, 09:15 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1975 31' Sovereign
cary
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 150
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mixter
Interesting... my '76 wheel well is not under the subfloor. It fits into a c-channel type extrusion that slips over the subfloor the same way as the c-channel around the sides. Then the wheel well sets on top of it- in its' own little channel. Have to have the interior out to replace, so I've wondered what I would do if I have a blow out that damages it once I have this thing all back together.... Guess I'll have to buy tires more often than I'd like as insurance.
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its also quite possible the PO or shop that worked on this never replaced the channels correctly, if thats the case, i have channel left, and ill just cut and fab it back, can ou take some pictures of yours and post if you would be so kind?
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06-06-2014, 09:34 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 27' Overlander
Tampa
, Florida
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 796
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Yes, but out of town this week. Will post Friday... remind me if II forget
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06-08-2014, 06:49 AM
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Rivet Master
1973 21' Globetrotter
Houston
, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,314
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The wheel well on my 73 was installed underneath the subfloor as you describe. As I recall, it even gets sandwiched between the floor and the fore and aft outriggers as well. It would be tough to replace "correctly" without major surgery. I supposes you could cut the flange and about 5/8"off the bottom of your new wheel well and then seat it on top of the old one, above the floor, for something of a doubling or nesting effect. You could seal it up with vulkem and buck a few rivets in there to keep it together.
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06-08-2014, 10:40 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1975 31' Sovereign
cary
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 150
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ughh... its looking like major surgery then to do it right..
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