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47hook · 10-14-2007, 10:49 AM

JPHarris, I would suspect that the frame is not a sealed unit, so what ever air is on the outside will be on the inside. I am not trying to be an apologist for Lippert, but just saying they don't do welds very well isn't a definitive explanation for the failure.

If the corrosion is part of the problem, there may be other areas of stress, pin box area, that will eventually fail. Might want to research this a little further, and any info you get would be of interest to us all, I believe.

Good luck.

10-14-2007, 10:49 AM	#7
47hook Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 158	JPHarris, I would suspect that the frame is not a sealed unit, so what ever air is on the outside will be on the inside. I am not trying to be an apologist for Lippert, but just saying they don't do welds very well isn't a definitive explanation for the failure. If the corrosion is part of the problem, there may be other areas of stress, pin box area, that will eventually fail. Might want to research this a little further, and any info you get would be of interest to us all, I believe. Good luck. __________________ Olympic Peninsula, WA 2008 3500HD LTZ CC 4X4 Duramax/Allison /Banks IQ / Economind tuner / SpeedBrake 2013 MS 38RESB3 #6393, modified with ES stuff & Garnet Paint "The older I get, the better I was!"