Black/gray drain Belt and Suspenders |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2654 |
Topic: Black/gray drain Belt and Suspenders Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 10:18am |
After seeing the results of what happens if the brackets for either the black or gray water tank drains fails, I decided to invest in a little preventative measure. I call this "belt and suspenders", as if one bracket fails, there will be a second "just in case". The parts I used are all stainless except for the clevis hangars, which are epoxy coated. I could have used stainless clevis hangars, but the 3" one is $5 in epoxy coated, and $30 in stainless. In this particular instance, I chose overkill instead of massive overkill. All of the nuts are stainless nylock nuts. Black water hangar: Gray water hangar: |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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Ben Herman
Senior Member Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 355 |
Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 1:32pm |
Nice job! Where do you get the clevis hangers?
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2654 |
Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 1:45pm |
Remember, these hangars go by the ID of the pipe (not the OD). So the 3-1/2" (OD) black water pipe is actually a 3" (ID) hangar.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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crankster78
Senior Member Joined: 08 May 2018 Location: Minn Online Status: Offline Posts: 163 |
Posted: 06 Jul 2018 at 3:52pm |
Greetings Nice job. What I did is took a piece of strap, removed a bolt from the valve, installed the strap on the bolt, and drilled a couple of self taping bolts into the frame. Tightened the bolt back up. Took about 10 minutes. Crankster78
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Crankster 78 R-179 2015
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wthoms2000
Groupie Joined: 06 May 2017 Location: Costa Mesa, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 44 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2018 at 12:39pm |
Same as Crankster78:
https://m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!/photo.php?fbid=10217417197960829&id=1201177476&set=p.10217417197960829&source=47 Actually is ten minutes! |
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Porta Poddy
Wil and Luz, Orange County, CA 2017.5 179 HRE 2021 Ranger XLT FX4 REDARC Brake Controller |
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