Oryguntroutbum
Senior Member
I agree proper support is what is needed
I went to AK Camper factory in Chehalis, WA last summer with the door spreading problem in the lower unit. They solved the problem with shims between my tailgate area[/s] the back of truck bed just forward of tailgate and the camper floor bottom. From my observations and discussion with Rick at AK Camper there is more weight on the side edges (passenger side/driver side) of the floor bottom than in the middle of the floor bottom area. The weight can cause whatever is directly under the camper (wood blocks, mats, bed liner) to settle under the side wall edges of the camper. This gives a floor profile when looking at the back of the camper of a "slight frown" causing the side walls of the lower section to tip out. Putting shims under the floor where the side walls are causes the bottom floor board end profile to move back toward the direction of a "smile," and this pulls the side walls in because the angle of the floor tips more inward where the side walls attach. It took Rick about 10 minutes time with making shim adjustments to get the door spacing to be all even around the lower section of the camper. It was amazingly quick and simple. It still looks good around the door.
I believe my camper was particularly susceptible to the support settling under the side walls because I put 3/4" rubber cattle mat on the entire truck bed when it was new, and that is on top of a plastic bed liner.
Just curious about what shims are used. Are we just talking about small cedar shims or something more substantial?
I am dealing with a 64 NCO right now and have some minor repairs under one of the windows. Will have to partially replace some 2x2's. I seem to be having a problem with the top half spreading out a bit causing a gap at the door near where the top door and bottom door meet. Not sure how to address that because there really is no way to pull the sides together without blocking the door opening. Anyone have an idea for this?
Chris
I went to AK Camper factory in Chehalis, WA last summer with the door spreading problem in the lower unit. They solved the problem with shims between my tailgate area[/s] the back of truck bed just forward of tailgate and the camper floor bottom. From my observations and discussion with Rick at AK Camper there is more weight on the side edges (passenger side/driver side) of the floor bottom than in the middle of the floor bottom area. The weight can cause whatever is directly under the camper (wood blocks, mats, bed liner) to settle under the side wall edges of the camper. This gives a floor profile when looking at the back of the camper of a "slight frown" causing the side walls of the lower section to tip out. Putting shims under the floor where the side walls are causes the bottom floor board end profile to move back toward the direction of a "smile," and this pulls the side walls in because the angle of the floor tips more inward where the side walls attach. It took Rick about 10 minutes time with making shim adjustments to get the door spacing to be all even around the lower section of the camper. It was amazingly quick and simple. It still looks good around the door.
I believe my camper was particularly susceptible to the support settling under the side walls because I put 3/4" rubber cattle mat on the entire truck bed when it was new, and that is on top of a plastic bed liner.
Just curious about what shims are used. Are we just talking about small cedar shims or something more substantial?
I am dealing with a 64 NCO right now and have some minor repairs under one of the windows. Will have to partially replace some 2x2's. I seem to be having a problem with the top half spreading out a bit causing a gap at the door near where the top door and bottom door meet. Not sure how to address that because there really is no way to pull the sides together without blocking the door opening. Anyone have an idea for this?
Chris