The blow out trip

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Maybe you could use a larger diameter screw in the existing holes with a little bit of loc-tite. That will seal them up and probably do the job. You can ad a couple more if it seems to need more. 
BTW any chance you can share brand that blew out. It would be good if we can keep track of brands that are known to fail. 

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mjlrpod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214	Topic: The blow out trip Posted: 13 Jun 2020 at 9:50am
	Maybe you could use a larger diameter screw in the existing holes with a little bit of loc-tite. That will seal them up and probably do the job. You can ad a couple more if it seems to need more. BTW any chance you can share brand that blew out. It would be good if we can keep track of brands that are known to fail.
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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 13 Jun 2020 at 7:59am
	Double sided tape is really pressure sensitive adhesive tape. The type with the most history behind it is VHB from 3M. The problem is that you have a large area to apply pressure to to get the tape adhesive to kick so I wouldn't use it for this application because the surface area is too large to get much pressure on it. I suspect they use it at the factory just to temporarily hold the fenders in place to speed up production. Since you aren't trying to save every second repairing this and can hold the fender where you want to while installing the new fasteners, I'd suggest a good quality polyurethane adhesive like 3M 5200. Apply that also to the old screw holes as sealant. Use SS screws and new hole locations. The trailer walls are an inch thick so don't use screws longer than that.
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jimandclare Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 Apr 2016 Location: Erie, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 96	Posted: 13 Jun 2020 at 7:41am
	I share your pain. Heading home last summer we had a "china bomb" tire blow out and take out not only the fender but also the grab bar by the door. Our tires had about 7000 miles on them. Fully 80% of the of the tread peeled off of the tire. There was no double sided tape on our trailer so I cant speak to that. I filled the holes with butyl rubber chaulk which seemed to work just fine and mounted the new fender with stainless steel self drilling screws. And yes, there is a a wood panel behind the fiberglass so adding additional screws shouldn't be any problem when mounting the new fender.
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Tomtreas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Apr 2020 Location: Southeast MO Online Status: Offline Posts: 27	Posted: 12 Jun 2020 at 11:31pm
	On a recent outing on really the first hot day of the year, I blew my left tire on my 178 after only about 50 miles. Both were checked before leaving. I replaced that one and 10 miles up the road they have 1 in stock, so I was back on the road without the spare. Then about 40 miles from our destination on the same day, the right one let go. I limped into my campsite at reduced speed and got a match for the first tire the next day. Thing is and long story short, when the tread came off of each tire, it ripped the fenders off of the camper on each side. Not all of the screws were ripped out of the camper, but some were. The wires for the clearance lights that were on each fender were just ripped out of their splices. I have received new fenders from FR and also found the stock factory clearance markers online and have those as well. On my trip to Menards and or Lowes to pick up the necessary screws and grommets that I know that I need for this project, does anyone have any recommendations for the following: a) brand and/or size of double stick tape to attach the fender to the camper. It looks like the factory may have used something that was light colored or white and maybe 1/2" wide around the flat side of the fender. b) suggestions for something to fill the holes on the size of the camper where the screws were ripped out before I apply the fender with the tape to the side of the camper. c) does anyone know if the entire arc behind the fender is a solid piece of wood? If so I could add a couple of extra self-drilling screws beside where the ones were ripped out. The screws used to attach the original fender were self-drilling. I think I was able to remove gracefully 3 or 4 per side. The fenders have pre-drilled holes in them so I need to make sure there is something behind it to hold it and any holes are closed up that don't get screws. =) Thanks in advance!