Slides leak from underneath

[Kanga99]

Have the new 23IKSS out on its first long trip - Yellowstone bound - and have driven through rain for a couple of days. The floor is wet in the kitchen and also the carpet on the dinette couch slide. Obvious it is coming from road spray off the tires. Has anyone experienced this? I figure it will get into the dealer when I get home in. A couple of weeks. All else is going great. Tows like a dream behind my F150.

[Hicks43]

21ss never had road water come in.


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[aceinspp]

They may have forgot to put the seals in and around the slides on the bottom. Later RJD

[teamtlr]

Yellowstone is on our list this summer as well. Sorry to hear about the leak. We took our 2016 233s out a couple of times far this past month and it rained so hard. I did have water on the front bunk ledge that ran down the floor to the front of the slide. I attributed it to the top outside seal on the front bunk.

Is it on one particular side of the slide out or near a bunk?

[Bearhugger1933]

Check the tire well,a few years ago,I had a tire blow out and didn't notice that it had damaged the tire well until I went through a heavy rain,there was water all over the floor under the couch,the tire blow out did lots of damage to the well.

[Lloydg]

I have the exact problem. It looks like the slide is not closing completely on the front lower section of the curb side slide. I have a work request in for the service group to look at it at the FROG rally in August.

[Rivnut]

Originally Posted by Kanga99

Have the new 23IKSS out on its first long trip - Yellowstone bound - and have driven through rain for a couple of days. The floor is wet in the kitchen and also the carpet on the dinette couch slide. Obvious it is coming from road spray off the tires. Has anyone experienced this? I figure it will get into the dealer when I get home in. A couple of weeks. All else is going great. Tows like a dream behind my F150.

Originally Posted by Lloydg

I have the exact problem. It looks like the slide is not closing completely on the front lower section of the curb side slide. I have a work request in for the service group to look at it at the FROG rally in August.

same problem with Aviator

[hillsdaletc]

Bet the bottom sweep seal is not there or not up against the bottom of the slide. It's something we see a lot. You should have a seal similar to the ones on the sides that lean against the slide and act like a squeegee. And also a seal when fully closed. If the slide is over the wheels it is critical that this is tight. There is a lot of pressured spray in that area.

[Big Bill]

yes i had that on 36 CKTS ,the cord , hoses, etc on the slide hindge were up too high and laying on the rubber seal letting wheel phlash wet the carpet ,check the forems for other posts on this goog luck

[Rivnut]

Originally Posted by Hicks43

21ss never had road water come in.


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I see no sweep installed, will try to make one until I get to Rally. thanks guys

[rollingroo]

Hi, we have a 2015 23ikss Rockwood Roo with the same problem. We pulled it in the rain last month. When we walked in we found water running from under the dinette and the rug was soaked. Friends traveling with us, who also have tbe same camper, had the same thing happen. Both campers are now at the dealers being repaired. We had a few other things to rrepair. The bathroom door would not latch all the time. They told us they fixed the frame on the door, it was bent. A little concerning because we only camped 5 times so far and it's only my husband and me. Also had some stripped screws tthroughout the camper. Other than that we love it. We tow with a 2008 GMC Sierra and it does not toe well. We have WD and we are now going to add a sway bar. Hope it helps we are not in the market for a new truck just yet.

[DAISY BOYKIN]

I had the same problem on my Rockwood fifth wheel. Carpet was getting wet when driving in the rain. At the rally last year the factory techs replaced the long strip of rubber that runs along the bottom that closes the gap when the bump-out is closed. The new piece was much wider by at least 1 1/2" than the one removed. The techs also replaced the curved piece of rubber just above the tire. It is at the front of the bump-out where the tire would throw water up into the opening. The fix did the trick!

[rollingroo]

Sorry. .that's tow not toe. Tried to edit but it didn't work.

[rollingroo]

That's good to hear that the fix worked. We are getting it back next week. They are putting a wider and stiffer piece on. Hope that fixes it for ours too.

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by rollingroo

We tow with a 2008 GMC Sierra and it does not toe well. We have WD and we are now going to add a sway bar. Hope it helps we are not in the market for a new truck just yet.

Not sure why you you would have Weight Distribution WITHOUT a sway bar.

Doesn't make sense.
That's backwards.

A 5.3 v-8 GMC with the factory tow package should have no problems towing the 23IKSS, as long as it has a good WDH with sway control.

[rollingroo]

Hi Bikendan, We wanted the sway bars but the dealer talked us out of them. Friends of ours have a Chevy Silverado without sway, same camper, and it pulls like a charm. We are hoping with the sway on it pulls better. We have a 3hr plus ride coming up at the end of August.

[Kanga99]

Originally Posted by rollingroo

Hi, we have a 2015 23ikss Rockwood Roo with the same problem. We pulled it in the rain last month. When we walked in we found water running from under the dinette and the rug was soaked. Friends traveling with us, who also have tbe same camper, had the same thing happen. Both campers are now at the dealers being repaired. We had a few other things to rrepair. The bathroom door would not latch all the time. They told us they fixed the frame on the door, it was bent. A little concerning because we only camped 5 times so far and it's only my husband and me. Also had some stripped screws tthroughout the camper. Other than that we love it. We tow with a 2008 GMC Sierra and it does not toe well. We have WD and we are now going to add a sway bar. Hope it helps we are not in the market for a new truck just yet.

Sorry you are having towing problems. I tow with a 2010 F150 and a WD hitch with sway control and it tows fantastic. I did make one big change that really improved the wind buffeting that I was originally experiencing. I switched from a hard tonneau cover that was bed high to a high wedge cover that is very aerodynamic and goes about a foot higher than the cab. Wow did it make a difference. At about 65 mph the wind just settles down and everything gets incredibly calm even when semi trucks pass, etc. I also readjusted the hitch according the mfg instructions after I had everything loaded in the trailer and tow vehicle. It was quite a different setup from what the dealer had originally done when new and empty.

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by rollingroo

Hi Bikendan, We wanted the sway bars but the dealer talked us out of them. Friends of ours have a Chevy Silverado without sway, same camper, and it pulls like a charm. We are hoping with the sway on it pulls better. We have a 3hr plus ride coming up at the end of August.

It's quite common for dealers to setup WDHs incorrectly.
You should check the manufacturer's manual and check it.
And definitely get a swaw bar.

[rollingroo]

Thank you for all the information. Never thought about the tonneau cover. Next time we tow we WILL have a sway bar. Also checking out the hitch setup. We are going to the White Mountains so that will be the test.

[dbarr]

Back corner of my Coachmen's dinette slide would get wet during wet travels. I think the water would get pushed along the sweep seal to the rear end and then leak in. I added an additional seal that seals the sweep seal.
No more problems.