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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2014 9:20:25 GMT -8
Well, we're just getting into taking our Land Commander apart, and we're trying not to destroy anything in the process. Ergo, I have a couple of questions. We're trying to remove the bunk bed above the Gaucho. It seems as if it's screwed in from the outside. Do I assume you have to remove the skin to get it off? Is that standard? Seems like a major PITA. The other question I have is, how do you remove the aluminum "seam" joining various pieces of paneling? Like this... I do, of course, have a ton of other questions, but baby steps, right? Hopefully some day I'll have enough knowledge to answer a couple of questions myself. Oops, wrong picture of the bunk, here's the correct one...
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Post by John Palmer on Jan 20, 2014 10:10:32 GMT -8
"Stick and Tin" trailers were built from the "inside out". Basically the trailer was framed around the paneling.
If your bunk bed "is screwed to the walls" it is a structural support.
IMO, the only correct way to do the repair is from the "outside in", by reversing the build process. You can take many shortcuts, but there's only one correct way.
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Post by universalexports on Jan 20, 2014 11:45:03 GMT -8
a lot of the stuff was screwed in from the top prior to the aluminum skin going on. makes it a real PITA.
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Post by kirkadie on Jan 20, 2014 12:01:47 GMT -8
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Post by vikx on Jan 20, 2014 23:27:09 GMT -8
I agree with John Palmer. Pull the skin and do it right the first time.
The forward ceiling panel in the photo looks pretty good. You should be able to slip the bad panel out at the back. (they are stapled but if rotten, can be removed)
I have had good luck saving almost all of the interior paneling in my Land Commanders, but did the repairs from the outside and the skins off. Very easy compared to gutting the trailer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2014 6:25:27 GMT -8
Thanks for all the replies. I had come to the conclusion everything is attached from the outside in, and now it's verified. Not certain yet if the skin will come off. The only thing that HAS to be removed is the bunk, and considering it's already attached at the rails, I might just cut it off. But not quite yet..
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Post by bigbill on Jan 21, 2014 8:46:50 GMT -8
If you find the skin needs to come off don't let that scare you you will discover that it is relatively simple to do. Most people suffer through their first trailer repair trying to fix from the inside then they get the courage to try removing a skin section and find out how much easier it is to do it right.
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Post by mobiltec on Jan 21, 2014 17:39:13 GMT -8
Probably the one single easiest thing to do on one of these trailers is removal of the metal skin. Easier to put back on. My latest series on the 57 Westerner shows exactly that.
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Post by cowcharge on Feb 3, 2014 17:49:06 GMT -8
You can cut those from-the-outside screws with a sawzall (fast), or a hacksaw blade (less damaging to surrounding wood).
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