A Frame damage

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Thanks for your input, trying to remember now if I fiddled with the clamp before winding.

Might where some steel toe caps next time. Just in case.

OH said a piece of fibreglass sheet and resin behind the crack cover the area more than the  crack also said a piece of metal rivetted on ie aluminium. Hope this helps.

As others have said......clamp not tightened sufficiently.Repair......If it was mine I would use a powerfile to make it look like a cut out for the wheel to swivel.

Another couple of service stickers should fix it!

I had a couple of cracks appear on my plastic A frame cover, so not as bad as what you have but the self fix may still apply. This was after drilling 3mm holes at the end of the cracks so would not grow.

I used an offcut of Iroko [poor mans teak] and planed it to suit the internal radius/profile of the broken cover. I thoroughly cleaned the internal surfaces and de -greased the iroko with meths before slapping a copious quantity of epoxy resin [araldite] onto the timber before offering it up to the plastic and clamping in place with quick grip type G clamps.

The repair was made several years ago when the van was still under warranty but I had rejected a new cover as it was a recurring design fault and would crack again. 4 years later the repair is as good as the day I made it. The only thing you will need to be careful of is oozing of the araldite. Any excess that escapes eventually turns an unattractive yellow.

Any good weather resistant hardwood will do the job.

Colin

As has been suggested, fibreglass sheet & resin.... I would drill a couple of small holes for resin to protrude through to act like a rivet, sand down & touch up with paint....

Alternative, any mobile smart repair outfit could do it.

hth