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    Rust on back side of wheel backing plate. Is this normal???

    Three of the four backing plates on our one month old Solitude have rust like this....

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    What the heck causes this? Is this normal? I don't recall seeing this on our Reflection even after three years of use and 10,000 miles.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bertschb View Post
    Three of the four backing plates on our one month old Solitude have rust like this....

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    What the heck causes this? Is this normal? I don't recall seeing this on our Reflection even after three years of use and 10,000 miles.
    Reminds me of water coming from the axle where the wires enter.

    https://www.mygrandrv.com/fo...from-axle-tube
    Last edited by gbkims; 01-16-2019 at 04:22 PM.
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    Yep^^^ I would agree with that, nasty and ugly looking though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gbkims View Post
    Reminds me of water coming from the axle where the wires enter.

    https://www.mygrandrv.com/fo...from-axle-tube
    Thanks for the link to that thread. After reading the posts, I'm not going to worry about it.
    Last edited by bertschb; 01-16-2019 at 04:41 PM.
    Brian & Kellie
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    2020 F-350 Platinum SRW Powerstroke Tremor, 60g TF fuel tank, Hensley BD3-F air bag hitch

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    2016 Reflection 318RST, 2016 GMC 3500 Denali SRW Duramax, Hensley BD3 air bag hitch

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    Brian

    It should be just some nasty water rust stain and could wipe mostly off, might use a little WD40 or something and it should clean right up.

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    Brian - attached pictures of what ours looked like (only on the curb side) after towing in heavy rain storms on our way home from the GDRV Factory Service Center this past June. These were new 6K LCI axles. Has not happened since.

    As noted on the other thread link shared by Gene in his post#2, I suspect it was rain water intrusion from the road way when towing. We went through some horrendous storms ! I think the 303 was floating at times.
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    I posted the thread referenced earlier and just to update, after clean up and painting, I have not seen any more stains or signs of leakage. We have traveled in rain several times since then, but now I have a small drain-hole on the curbside rear axle and no rusty water anymore that I have seen. Not suggesting you drill a hole or anything, but even if it does happen again, I am no longer concerned about it, especially since others have the same issue with no apparent ill effects. I did have it documented at the time, just in case something does come of it in the future.
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