Hydraulic Tank Location on 01 320

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Hydraulic Tank Location on 01 320

April 16, 2011, 04:15:13 pm

Have been noticing the rubbing of the rear door against the hydraulic oil tank.
Upon close checking for space / clearance around the tank, I removed the tank and bracket that is bolted to the structure, using a plasma cutter, cut both sides of the bracket, over lapped the cut pieces and re welded, re install bracket and tank.
Now have about 3/8" clearance between door and tank. No more rubbing

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Reply #1 – April 17, 2011, 12:24:05 pm

Did you happen to take any photos you could post? Are you talking about the heavy door I open to check the oil, coolant, etc.? I'll take a closer look at our tank, but haven't noticed and rubbing so far. Thanks, Dick

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Reply #2 – April 17, 2011, 03:37:26 pm

Dick, Yes when the door is closed, look at the upper left side, looking through the fins toward the oil tank, mine had the fins on the door rubbing the oil tank. It is a simple fix, I just hung the oil tank with a ratchet strap from the pipe hindge, while I removed the bracket, did the plasma cutting, (Hackswaw or Sawzall would do fine), then just positioned in the overlapped position, with vise grips, tack welded both sides, when happy, welded back, and painted. Remounted bracket and tank. If you did not know, you would not guess it had been modified.
There is plenty space to mount the tank closer to the bulkhead, It could be a lot closer, but the half inch is fine.If your used to this type simple stuff, it is very easy.
No pix, will see if I can get one that makes sense.

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Reply #3 – April 17, 2011, 03:46:21 pm

Dick,

If it turns out that you do have this problem and you do some welding, be sure to follow the correct procedures when welding on your coach. I do not know them, but I remember reading that certain procedures need to be followed to protect the electronics on your coach and engine.

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Reply #4 – April 17, 2011, 03:51:42 pm

Quote from: George Stoltz – April 17, 2011, 03:46:21 pm

Dick,

If it turns out that you do have this problem and you do some welding, be sure to follow the correct procedures when welding on your coach. I do not know them, but I remember reading that certain procedures need to be followed to protect the electronics on your coach and engine.

Welding Checklist

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Reply #5 – April 17, 2011, 03:58:57 pm

Dick, Looks like lots of help on welding, but if they can cut the bracket on the coach, I would give them a

It has to be removed to cut, while it is off is the time to weld it.
Greif.
The photos I am trying to send might help.
First shows the area where rubbing
Second shows after done and in place.
Cheers

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Reply #6 – April 17, 2011, 04:05:07 pm

The other question... Assuming it wasn't 'built that way', what moved to cause this?

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Reply #7 – April 17, 2011, 04:13:09 pm

My guess: It was built that way. If I felt it was due to an accident and sloppy repair, I would not have mentioned the whole issue, why I felt maybe there might be another person wondering about the same issue.
Yes, It is possible my coach was totaled and salvaged by someone, but I and Xtreme Paint shop would highly disagree.
FWIW

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Reply #8 – April 17, 2011, 04:53:40 pm

I have the same year and model. I noticed the hydraulic hose (left side of your photo) was being rubbed by the rear door (hood ?). The hose came across the front of the canister and showed signs of wear (slightly flattened also) from the door. It was in the same area that you show in the photo. I simply rerouted the hose and strapped it down with a few zip ties and that solved my problem.
It appears it would be worth checking all items that comes near the rear door for rubbing issues on all coaches.

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Reply #9 – April 17, 2011, 05:14:41 pm

Quote from: sam7 – April 17, 2011, 04:53:40 pm

I have the same year and model. I noticed the hydraulic hose (left side of your photo) was being rubbed by the rear door (hood ?). The hose came across the front of the canister and showed signs of wear (slightly flattened also) from the door. It was in the same area that you show in the photo. I simply rerouted the hose and strapped it down with a few zip ties and that solved my problem.
It appears it would be worth checking all items that comes near the rear door for rubbing issues on all coaches.

We also had a hose rubbing on our rear door. Our canister could be rotated to correct it, but yes, definitely a good thing to check for periodically, especially if something's been done to that area of the coach (which is how we think ours happened).

Michelle

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Reply #10 – April 17, 2011, 05:32:58 pm

Quote from: Steve & Michelle – April 17, 2011, 05:14:41 pm

We also had a hose rubbing on our rear door. Our canister could be rotated to correct it, but yes, definitely a good thing to check for periodically, especially if something's been done to that area of the coach (which is how we think ours happened).

Michelle

Mine was also rubbing. I had put some plastic loom on it some time ago.
It seemed to work but now I notice it is wearing thru.
Looks like I might need to turn the canister also.

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Reply #11 – April 17, 2011, 06:01:00 pm

Just checked ours and see some rubbing on hydraulic hoses. This aligns with one of the main supports for the door. Steve and Barry is this the same place you had the rubbing? Maybe I can rotate the cannister to correct it? I was thinking about drilling a hole in that back plate and using a tie wrap.

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Reply #12 – April 17, 2011, 06:08:38 pm

Quote from: Dick S – April 17, 2011, 06:01:00 pm

Just checked ours and see some rubbing on hydraulic hoses. This aligns with one of the main supports for the door. Steve and Barry is this the same place you had the rubbing?

Ours was that small(er) line on the left side of your photo going to the upper portion of the canister.

Now that it's rotated, we need to go look at those hoses at the bottom (where yours are rubbing), since the rotation would have moved them closer to the door...

Thanks for posting that.

Michelle

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Reply #13 – April 17, 2011, 06:23:20 pm

Quote from: Dick S – April 17, 2011, 06:01:00 pm

Just checked ours and see some rubbing on hydraulic hoses. This aligns with one of the main supports for the door. Steve and Barry is this the same place you had the rubbing? Maybe I can rotate the cannister to correct it? I was thinking about drilling a hole in that back plate and using a tie wrap.

Mine is rubbing here.

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Reply #14 – April 17, 2011, 06:34:23 pm

One might check the two rubber bumpers that are used to align the bottom of the engine door. A grove can occur, these can be adjusted by loosening and turning or replacing. This procedure might bring the door out and away from the components. Just a thought, thank you for your time. jc

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Reply #15 – April 17, 2011, 06:47:41 pm

Quote from: hotonthetrail – April 17, 2011, 06:34:23 pm

One might check the two rubber bumpers that are used to align the bottom of the engine door. A grove can occur, these can be adjusted by loosening and turning or replacing. This procedure might bring the door out and away from the components. Just a thought, thank you for your time. jc

That looks like a very plausible solution.
Bolt is pretty rusted. Might need to replace it to do it.

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Reply #16 – April 17, 2011, 06:56:45 pm

Great suggestion JC.
I noticed that there is some slack in that bundle of lines and 'stuff'. If that can be moved toward the passenger side and then use the existing center hold down to keep it there, that might gain a little clearance too.

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Reply #17 – April 17, 2011, 07:57:58 pm

For once, we escaped a problem. No rubbing marks on our tank or doors.

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Reply #18 – April 17, 2011, 08:04:05 pm

Quote from: George Stoltz – April 17, 2011, 07:57:58 pm

For once, we escaped a problem. No rubbing marks on our tank or doors.

That doesn't seem quite fair.

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Reply #19 – April 20, 2011, 11:37:10 pm

Quote from: Barry Beam – April 17, 2011, 06:23:20 pm

Quote from: Dick S – April 17, 2011, 06:01:00 pm
Just checked ours and see some rubbing on hydraulic hoses. This aligns with one of the main supports for the door. Steve and Barry is this the same place you had the rubbing? Maybe I can rotate the cannister to correct it? I was thinking about drilling a hole in that back plate and using a tie wrap.

Mine is rubbing here.

After a "blinding flash of the obvious", I relocated the hose that was rubbing to around the back

I put a split hose around it to protect against rubbing.

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