sagging floor and front panel separation

Hi I own Rpod 182G. I have same issues. The floor is soft in the kitchen and its sagging 3/4 inch on the pull out side. I ordered the brackets from Forest River and planing to screw them on to the frame every 2 ft and up to the floor as well however the floor is not solid so maybe I should be doing what you planning to do. I noticed that no one answered your question. Did you complete the job ? I am worry that the existing floor is not strong enough to hold the wall and pull out on those brackets (outriggers)   

$1000 sounds like a good price. You must be in US. In Canada the labor prices are huge and is very hard to find anybody with skills in my area. Every time I visit local RV place there is new ppl working there. It looks like they having staff issues. I am planning to do some reading and doing the job myself.

Heh Tony, we have a ‘17 rear kitchen R-Pod 179. It’s common that over time &
road miles, the floor where you stand facing the rear kitchen begins to give and feel soft. I went to Lowes and purchased from their aluminum supply rack a boxed piece of rigid aluminum. I measured and cut it so that it penetrates the distance across from frame rail to frame rail. Then i cut away just enough if the “boxed” portion (leaving about a 1” flat tab on each end). That portion i gently forced to push in between the floor and original R-Pod frame rails. With a little tweaking i got it to span across (frame rail to frame rail) at the exact area where one stands facing the rear kitchen counter. The “exposed” aluminum cross piece underneath spanning between the steel factory frame rails retains its rigidity as that is still boxed in; the remaining flat tabs i made are wedged in between frame & floor underneath.

Then we took a 7400 mile R-pod trip from Western NC to the extreme NW, camping near Forks, WA at Bogacheil CG. After walking on the Black Ball Ferry to Victoria BC & explored the area for several days, we came back to campsite, then made the entire return to Western NC again. The paved roads south of Forks are very bumpy! I’m pleased (and a bit surprised to report) that my do it your self floor support rail remained in the same position, so the do it yourself plan worked. If I notice other soft floor issues, i will confidently apply another floor support as needed. Hope this helps you and others & spurs FR from paying more attention to soft floor issues, at least in front of the 179’s rear kitchen!

Now I’m VERY curious to learn from you about your slide out concerns… I can see suddenly getting that creep in to the scene, so want to know what is learned there. We did have to replace our Schwinntech (sp) slider motors due to water corrosion issues. Not a cheap or easy job. To protect the new ones, we improved our Rpod storage to a spot with a metal roof, but if we had to store without that, i would strategically place a duct tape shield on the exterior over the positions of those 2 drive motors to keep them dry & corrision-free. But that’s a whole other maintenance concern! Best wishes in your troubleshooting!