2019 30T Adventurer Hood Latch
On a recent trip from Ct. to NC we started hearing a loud bang when hitting a pothole or going over a bridge joint. Louder than normal. Every time it sounded like a large rock hitting the windshield. On arrival I couldn’t find any damage, until I opened the hood. On the passenger side I could see where the hood had been hitting the body in the corner of the opening and had left a divet almost a quarter inch deep. When I took hold of the latch inside the body it came off in my hand. Turns out it is epoxied to the fiberglass body with no screws or bolts.
I called Winnebago and they were unsympathetic. Past the one year warranty.
So after some deep research I ordered a 6 oz tube of 3M 08115 epoxy for $40 and the proper application gun for $75. After much contortion, head bumps and back aches I used an angle grinder to remove the old epoxy and then reinstalled the hood latch using the 3M epoxy. I then attached safety wires to both hood latches just in case they come off in the future.
A word of caution. Check your hood latches and every thing else under the hood that is attached with epoxy.
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Tom & Carol plus Ruger (long haired Silver Lab)
2019 Adventurer 30T
2012 Jeep Wrangler
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