Chassis thickness of floor

[brian wenham]

i have to make a repair to our floor as it has a crack going across the floor , looks like a fault in ply ,i have been told to scew and glue a new piece of ply under the van over the damaged part of floor.my question is how thick is the floor ply in the van, we have a 2012 model 16.49-1 jayco expanda onroad, so i can work out what size screws to use that wont penetrate the floor into the interior of van as in the middle of floor between fridge and wardrobe . thankyou in advance.

 

[Drover]

Is this a crack or just the join as the floor isn't one big sheet ???? It isn't very thick no more than 10mm screws into it.

 

[achjimmy]

The floor does tend to split. It's the lowest quality ply I have ever seen. My guess is 12mm @brian wenham .

The other thing I would do is sand back the ply really well and then get a really good quality wood glue. Like a urea glue and bond the two then screw up. The bond will do the work, the screws are purely to hold together while setting.

 

[Bushman]

If you remove the black trim along the step there's a small gap where you may be able to measure the thickness as they also place ply on the step , as @achjimmy said I'd say roughly 12mm

 

[macca]

I would contact Jayco service department. Should be warranty.

 

[brian wenham]

thanks everyone i have fixed today ,found out they use 12mm,rang jayco.used epiglue which is supposed to be really good as used in boat building. the ply definitely had a fault through it.had split at least half way across floor. fingers crossed it works well.dont know wether it would still be covered as a warranty job as van is now 2 years old macca . anyway i probably did better job then they would lol.

 

[macca]

I think they would do it under warranty as it is structural. Must be fit for purpose. But sometimes things are easier to fix yourself.