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Old 03-08-2013, 06:17 PM   #1
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Unhappy A/C Support Bar Installation

Hello Everyone! New to the forum and a new FR owner (2002 Flagstaff 229 PopUp). I knew when I bought this big 'ol PU that roof sag was something I was going to be dealing with. Fortunately, I did my homework and talked to FR and they advised me an A/C Support Bar Kit from the factory was available for the particular unit I was looking to purchase. Upon inspection, the sag was minimal at worst...and I got a great deal from the owner. So I'm preemptively installing this kit to stop any further sagging in the roof. The people at FR factory were great and I received my bars today. Unfortunately, the instructions are pretty vague and poorly photocopied so the pictures are useless. I'd like to get these in this weekend and FR is closed as of now til Monday. Sooooo....my question is... does anyone have any experience with these? Any tips or pointers would be great! Thanks!
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Old 03-08-2013, 06:40 PM   #2
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Hello Everyone! New to the forum and a new FR owner (2002 Flagstaff 229 PopUp). I knew when I bought this big 'ol PU that roof sag was something I was going to be dealing with. Fortunately, I did my homework and talked to FR and they advised me an A/C Support Bar Kit from the factory was available for the particular unit I was looking to purchase. Upon inspection, the sag was minimal at worst...and I got a great deal from the owner. So I'm preemptively installing this kit to stop any further sagging in the roof. The people at FR factory were great and I received my bars today. Unfortunately, the instructions are pretty vague and poorly photocopied so the pictures are useless. I'd like to get these in this weekend and FR is closed as of now til Monday. Sooooo....my question is... does anyone have any experience with these? Any tips or pointers would be great! Thanks!
Wow, I did the same maybe 20 years ago with my first popup. I mounted a Coleman 13K A/C on the roof making the bar mandatory. I remember pop riviting into internal existing supports but little else. My thinking is go on line and see if you can locate the details from Coleman or Dometic. I'm certain FR buys from them same as the roof units for popups and campers. I do remember it was a pretty simple install.
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