Check that Black Tank Bolt

Was leaving one campsite for another today on the winter escape trip in Florida and while draining the black tank, notices a bit of movement in the exhaust when pulling the black-tank valve. Took a closer look and the nut that was holding the entire exhaust onto the Frame was just about to come off. Obviously I tightened it back down and will plan to do some reinforcement in the near future, but just something to be aware of and double check if you aren't in the habit. Very close call. ~PP

I’ll try to get some pictures or a short video up shortly, possibly by tomorrow night

Mike, after this close call, I’ll be doing similarly soon. There were lots of bumps in the 1,200 + miles put on getting down here. I think I’ll still check this when torquing the lug nuts or after long trips.

Originally posted by mcarter Hey John, On another post on here, I posted I added a second bracket to the black tank drain, 3" from Lowes. At the time there was a rash of black tank bracket failures leading to damaged black tank hardware. I have not seen anything on similar problem with grey tank.

Link to your post, do you have a photo in it showing the bracket you used or post a link?

I have seen some people wrap an flexible metal pipe strap around it for added protection. Part of the problem with failures is I from using self tapping screws to hold the drain valves and outlet. If the factor installer torques those screws to tight they can and will strip out.

Hint always carry a few different size self tapping screws.

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