BLACK TANK TUBE HANGER

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   Thanks- do you know if the aluminum you used was aircraft aluminum (tempered), or just sheet aluminum ..... and the thickness??

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TEDDY Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 Oct 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Post Options Post Reply Quote TEDDY Report Post Quote Reply Topic: BLACK TANK TUBE HANGER Posted: 09 Nov 2020 at 12:36pm
	Thanks- do you know if the aluminum you used was aircraft aluminum (tempered), or just sheet aluminum ..... and the thickness??
	Teddy

StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326	Post Options Post Reply Quote StephenH Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 2020 at 12:29pm
	I used a piece of strap aluminum and wrapped it around the tube, then turned the ends 90 degrees to be flat to the frame and screwed the ends onto the frame. Since the support allows for the normal movement, I have not had any trouble with it. I had two failures. The first was with one factory strap. The second was with two factory straps. I said that there will not be a third time. You can see it in my mods.
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TEDDY Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 Oct 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Post Options Post Reply Quote TEDDY Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 2020 at 10:33am
	2017 178 - nice camper - certainly not luxurious, or top of the line (pressboard cabinets rather than wood, etc.). We like it! Bought it new and in a few hundred miles the strap holding the end of the black tank discharge tube to the chassis failed do to vibration. Used some stainless strap hanger mat'l from a roll and moved on. That failed, also. Took it to a FR dealer - they put a strap with a rubber body in place of the simple thin metal original equip strap - after two years, the rubber portion (designed to absorb vibration) is failing. I looked at a Bullet on the dealer's lot and they used a metal strap, thick - one that probably does not allow vibration - and looks like it might not fail. However, I wonder if there is a need for some accommodation to vibration at that point. If I put a rigid metal strap might the tube/tank connection be forced to absorb all the vibration and then fail?
	Teddy