17' Series New Jayco Bed End Covers!
- Thread starter Flossymk1
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well! there's 24 pages here, and i'll be buggered if I'm going to read them all.. BUT! had jayco bed ends fitted on our 11 month old 17.56-2OB and we tried them out today.
they charged: $275 each end plus $250 fitting labour. so, $800 later, and I'm don't be rude! they're about 2" too small on the back one, and 4" on the front one. its stormy here at the moment and my $800 bed ends suck. Looking forward to ripping it up Jayco!
they charged: $275 each end plus $250 fitting labour. so, $800 later, and I'm don't be rude! they're about 2" too small on the back one, and 4" on the front one. its stormy here at the moment and my $800 bed ends suck. Looking forward to ripping it up Jayco!
honestly, I don't know. BUT I assume they have a standard instruction on how/where to fit the sail track and 4 press studs per end. the ends were perfectly rolled up in little zip up bags and didn't look like they had been unrolled at all. there is no way they've ever fitted properly..
same same with mine - made in China on a Friday or a Monday
I ended up un-stitching where it was stitched to the inner cord (make sense?)
that gave me the extra I needed - sort of.......
but I do agree with you there @blacky you pay good money for good equipment, not rubbish
"sick 'em Rinny"...............
Wow! That's not good! I hope you get it sorted..
We've ordered the new bed end covers with our new van - does anyone know if they fit them at the factory, or does the local dealer put them on once the van is shipped up here?
I think after spending $48k on a van, I shouldn't have to worry about this crap anyway.
Called Jayco head office today and spoke to parts & servicing, they spoke to Jayco R&D who cofirmed that the studs for the bed ends are supposed to be fitted under the lid on the first rim. I am waiting to hear back from Adelaide Caravan Co.......not happy!
First use of the Jayco bed end covers in Walpole last night and mostly all good. As others have found the ends near the hinge allowed water onto the canvas. Appreciate any thoughts on how to stop it. Thinking of some type of cover over the hinge to allow the water to run off to the outside of the cover.
I have always thought why not just cover the length of the hinge, if water doesn't touch the hinge it can't leak through.
If I had an expanda I would be running a length of keder track above the lid the full width of the van and then sewing a strip of vinyl to some keder rope to make a weather strip about 100mm wide and full width of van.A cover for the cover!
The reason I'd use the keder is for looks and ease of cleaning.
There is a guy on ebay selling a vinyl gutter that goes underneath the hinge, but I reckon it's complicating a simple problem.
If I had an expanda I would be running a length of keder track above the lid the full width of the van and then sewing a strip of vinyl to some keder rope to make a weather strip about 100mm wide and full width of van.A cover for the cover!
The reason I'd use the keder is for looks and ease of cleaning.
There is a guy on ebay selling a vinyl gutter that goes underneath the hinge, but I reckon it's complicating a simple problem.
I have always thought why not just cover the length of the hinge, if water doesn't touch the hinge it can't leak through.
If I had an expanda I would be running a length of keder track above the lid the full width of the van and then sewing a strip of vinyl to some keder rope to make a weather strip about 100mm wide and full width of van.A cover for the cover!
The reason I'd use the keder is for looks and ease of cleaning.
There is a guy on ebay selling a vinyl gutter that goes underneath the hinge, but I reckon it's complicating a simple problem.
my thoughts was to
run a piece of white Ali angle (50x75)the full width of the van, above the Hinge, with a slight bend in the middle, so the water still came down from the top, but went along the angle - like a gutter.......
still thinking (and the wheels are turning, so the mouse isn't dead yet........)
see what pops out when I concentrate.
I un"stitched" this part here to gain a little extra length to get the ends to meet the van..........
the bit that is stitched to the cord through it.......
although even with the rain we had at Warrona (Lake Navarino), I never had any water on the bed ends themselves..........