Roofs hard to latch

[Wavery]

I just had an interesting experience and I thought that I would share.

I recently adjusted the torque rods for the roof lifts because I added solar panels (additional weight). This morning, I tried closing the roofs and they would not latch, no matter how hard I tried. They had always latched fairly easy before the roof adjustment.

I crawled under the trailer and found that the lag bolts that hold the torque rods to the outer roof frame, where the center latches are, were ALL loose (4 on each side of the trailer).

Fearing the wood-rot devil, I unscrewed each bolt (one at a time) and checked them all. All of the bolts were clean and no wood came out with the bolts.

Moral to this story is, if your TM is 10+ years old, you may want to check those bolts to be sure they are tight. (9/16" socket and short extension). Especially if you are having issues latching your roofs.