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Old 11-09-2012, 11:41 AM   #1
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Two weeks ago, I was happily crawling around our Provincial 335SS lubing seals and tracks when I noticed a water drip coming through a pinhole in the underbelly covering on the trailer behind the running gear. Upon further investigation, I found that the whole underbelly covering felt "mushy" when I pushed up on it. Out with the box cutter and two little tiny slits later I have water streaming out of the slit inboard in the area of the waste tanks. Off to the dealer for the fourth time this year. They dropped the underbelly covering and everything underneath was wet. Fortunately the upper floor was dry and OK. After checking everything out thoroughly, the final answer was "road water". It appears that the underbelly covering was not sealed properly and the tires were throwing water up under the wings and it was leaking into the underbelly. The only wet weather this unit has seen on the road was one day going south in late January, and one day coming home in early March. If it had not been for the pin hole in the underbelly covering I don't know how long it would have been before getting noticed. All fixed now, under warranty but we will have to wait and see until the next run in wet weather.
FYI....check your underbellies! I am constantly working on our unit and I didn't see it until it dripped.



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Old 11-09-2012, 12:11 PM   #2
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I had the same issue with mine when it was new. What I did was to take a roll of black duct tape and ran a length all along the membrane where it is bolted to the frame and folded it over the edge. I had to wash the frame area real well before it stuck but it is still there 7 years later and no more problem.

I also sealed around every pipe that protruded through the membrane with black RTV silicone.
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Old 11-10-2012, 07:02 AM   #3
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We did about the same as Stan & Terri. We dropped the belly liner
and dried things out. We then cleaned the edge of the belly liner and placed Gorilla
Tape along the edge of the liner. To make sure that it was very well fastened
we heated it with a hair drier before putting the liner back in place. After
the metal strips were back in place we covered the strip and outside edge of
the belly liner with Gorilla Tape and gave it another heat treatment. Last year
I dropped the belly liner to work on the black water flush system and you can
believe me when I say that you cannot remove the Gorilla Tape without damaging
the liner.

We have towed in the rain several times since and have had
no weeping from the liner.

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Old 11-10-2012, 08:56 AM   #4
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Checked mine today - no issues - drive through some "pouring" rain a few times.
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