Wish list for new owners: exterior

[Shane826]

Originally Posted by Larryjb

Maybe I need to look at my Tahoe again, but I thought the tab on the torsion bar was made by bending a straight rod into the "L" shape to catch the adjuster key, rather than welding a straight tab on the side of it.

It has what looks like a cam lobe on the adjustment end of the torsion bar. I believe the stationary end is hex shaped and fits into a hex hole on the control arm.

[Larryjb]

Originally Posted by Shane826

It has what looks like a cam lobe on the adjustment end of the torsion bar. I believe the stationary end is hex shaped and fits into a hex hole on the control arm.

Right, it has those hex ends. I still don't recall seeing anything actually welded to the torsion bar. There is that cam shaped thing that fits on the end of the torsion bar towards the rear, but as I recall, it slides into a hex shaped end of the torsion bar.

If such a cam key could be slid onto the torsion bar, a hole could be drilled through both and pinned. I've seen enough failed welds that I wouldn't trust a weld on a torsion bar. Maybe it could welded, but what effect would it have on the spring of the bar, and how well would it last over 20 or 30 years. I honestly don't know the answer to those questions.

[tentcamper]

droid app to rise and lower the camper. lol. Might be a stretch???

Really, I would like to see better seals on the sides of the rear bed. I have had 2 different TM's and both the seals around the rear bed suck. I think the current design allows for the top shell and bed to have a lots of play in the alignment. But this makes a big gap to seal. At best it seals maybe 80% and the rest of the sealing you are counting on the fabric flap to do the job of a seal.

[Shane826]

I’m actually working on this problem now. I want to have some vinyl flaps made and attach them behind the wood around the bottom of the rear shell side walls. Install Velcro around the bed slide and maybe even along the bathroom wall and along the counter on the door side, then really seal it up. Gotta figure out how to get to those wood pieces though; the bed blocks part of them even when slid in over the collapsed bathroom.

[tentcamper]

we thought about it some, not sure velcro is the answer? If you forget about the velcro, or the velcro flap fall down the shell will close. You may need to go back inside the camper, raise the wardrobe. It would take me awhile to figure the issue.

[RottieMom]

Bill, I opened up my TM this afternoon to get it ready for a trip to Texas and I can tell you a couple of things. One, rvcycleguy is right, if you have the front of the TM a bit downhill it's easier to open front shell. And, two, where it's the most difficult for me is after it's open about a couple of feet and I'm standing up straight and have to keep lifting.

[Shane826]

I found that once you get the shell lifted up about two feet, it works a lot better to pull outward instead of upward. The torsion bars should do the lifting.