Foretravel Owners' Forum For owners and Fans of Foretravel Motorcoaches September 15, 2025 ...

My guess is that marker light near the rear of the main awning not sealed properly letting in water causing the delamination  You can remove the marker light and check if it is sealed and reseal it. Our 03 had that issue when we bought it and we took it to Xtreme and Rance fixed it and no more issues.

Interesting.... The bubbles went completely flat that evening. Seems weird... is that normal?

How about drill a hole, fill it with adhesive, place a piece of plywood against the side while the glue sets. Find a way to press the wood to coach wall.

You have a good simple coach, don't let this adventure get to you.

According to James at Xtreme that will not work as the steel is not clean and it will pop when it heats up.  I had to ha ve both my slides done

According to James at Xtreme that will not work as the steel is not clean and it will pop when it heats up.  I had to ha ve both my slides done

What kind of adhesive would be best for this? What size hole? How do you get the adhesive to spread, multiple holes?

Given what I've done on mine so far, if I were to attack that repair, I'd begin by determining the thickness of the wall and setting my portable circular saw 1/64" less.  I already know that I can cut that thickness of veneer with a sharp knife.
Working carefully with my saw, I'd keep opening the hole until I was into "good" wood then make the final cuts in the middle of the aluminum tubing under-structure.  I'd make a purpose built table and fiberglass the new wood, finishing with white gelcoat and then trim to size.  Drill and countersink for self tapping screws and fill the screw holes with filled resin.  For the seams?  I honestly don't know.  For an invisible repair you'd have to grind down the seams deep enough for one thickness of cloth and resin then gelcoat over the top.  Takes about 3-weeks.

Trapped air heating up in the sun. Wonder if you could vent the backside and resolve?
Scott

My guess is that marker light near the rear of the main awning not sealed properly letting in water causing the delamination  You can remove the marker light and check if it is sealed and reseal it. Our 03 had that issue when we bought it and we took it to Xtreme and Rance fixed it and no more issues.

Sooo what process would Xtreme use to cure this issue......cut and re-glue, then glass over the seams ?
Curious mind wants to know...

  Gorilla glue injected into some high holes will glue it all together .
    Spray a little water into the holes, blow some air softly  in to spread it all around.
    Shoot lots of glue in, tape over the holes .
  Wrap the bus with  clothes line and twist it tight to the  2x4  or 4x4 , press them to the  problem areas.
  The  water make sit act like expanding foam . But with lots more glue action. 
  I did a glue test with Gorrilla glue before I built my airplane with it . There were concerns  about its's durability among all of the EAA guys.  It passed 10 yrs as long as it was painted or enclosed .  left i n the sun unpainted, it failed in about a year . The painted, parts left in the sun are still stuck . 15 yrs.