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Old 10-23-2011, 03:03 PM   #1
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water tank strap missing

One of the straps holding one of my fresh water tanks is missing. I wonder if Jayco will send me the strap so I don't have to take it in?

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Old 10-23-2011, 07:20 PM   #2
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It's worth a phone call to find out.
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Old 10-23-2011, 07:22 PM   #3
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With such an obvious oversight on Jayco's part, I'd push them to send someone to your home to do the work. Don't know if it would happen, but that's ridiculous.

And check the tank closely for problems. Looks like it's been stressed due to the lack of support. I'd try real hard to have them replace that too.
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With such an obvious oversight on Jayco's part, I'd push them to send someone to your home to do the work......snip
Bill,

I could be mistaken, but looking close at the pics there appears to be a straight witness mark along the belly of the tank that implies that a strap was once there.

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I could be mistaken, but looking close at the pics there appears to be a straight witness mark along the belly of the tank that implies that a strap was once there.

Bob
Yes, the strap was there when I bought it. It sits all summer at my campsite. I brought it home (40 miles) and I thought I heard a noise about 10 miles into the ride. The tanks were empty. Those straps are only held on with self-tapping screws. I'm thinking of reinforcing them with nuts & bolts. My campsite is dry so I always have water in the tanks while camping.

BTW: I love the 90 gallon capacity!
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I would remove all the self taping bolts and use good bolts with nylock nuts.
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this is what started to happen to my 28bhs its like the self-tapping screws heads came off you would think they would come up with a better way of securing them to the trailer so this doesn't happen
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Perhaps this is an issue with the new for 2011 double tank system, 2010 and earlier used a single 53 gallon tank on the 28 BHS and I have not heard of any strap issues with them. Mine look OK but I will watch the bolts.
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I was thinking of redoing the straps with grade 8 nuts & bolts.
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One of mine fell off too. 2007 19ft. The dealer replaced it but said they are much to weak to do any real good if the tank came loose. FYI
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One of mine fell off too. 2007 19ft. The dealer replaced it but said they are much to weak to do any real good if the tank came loose. FYI
The straps are the only thing holding the fresh water tanks up.
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Jayco emailed me today and said they were going to send me the strap. I'll upgrade to nuts & bolts.
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Had this same issue earlier this year on our 2011 28BHS, except I just happened to look down and spot the straps hanging down after they had broken loose. Holy cow! The tanks were full and we were ready to hit the road and the tank in question was in front of the axle. Thank God it didn't drop!! I inspected the rest of the screws and straps and saw the same stuff in the pictures of the OP. The self tapping screws had completely rusted through and the heads had broken off. Our Jayco dealer was great and drove up from Davenport (80 miles away) to replace all the screws on the tank straps with new ones. They looked somewhat bigger, but I got underneath and sprayed rust inhibiting paint on them as well. So far, so good. No more problems! This was a serious safety issue and I thought seriously about what would have happened at 55-60 mph. Check those straps!
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