Panel Adhesion Problems

[Kevin Erion]

Jon,
I agree, I forgot I used my knuckle to knock on the inner area's that would have bond to the inner structure.
my bad!

[Petervs]

Can someone clarify for me the following?

I was under the impression that the H3-45 coach and the new XLII both had composite side panels, and the XLII simply has thin stainless steel outer panels glued ( ok, bonded) to the outside over the composite. So these SS skins cover flat composite panels rather than attaching to a skeleton of frame members.

Anyone seen an XLII with the SS skins off?

[Kevin Erion]

No, the SS skins have no composite behind them, they are bonded to the interior frame that makes up the shell. trust me, I had a first hand look at my bus with the skins off.

[rbeecher]

Rick,

I will send you a PM on this if you want the latest.

Richard Beecher
02 Marathon XL II 45
96 VOGUE XL 40 For Sale

[Ray Davis]

Richard,

Share that we all might learning about the latest!

[rickdesilva]

I appreciate everyone's response, I dropped a line to Bill Jensen and Carl Boulet the Service Manager at the NJ Prevost facility that services my coach and the response was immediate. The bottom line is that they want to see the coach to see what is happening, I'll follow up as we progress along.

[phorner]

A friend of mine with an XLII may be experiencing problems with panel adhesion. This bus is no older that an '06 I think.

I'll keep ya posted....

[Jon Wehrenberg]

I really believe that this problem may be shaping up for Prevost as "The Perfect Storm".

[Joe Cannarozzi]

What they need to do is install rivets on anything that currently is without and be done with it

Buses w/o rivets is like a day w/o sunshine

[phorner]

I had a chance to talk to my friend some more and he says that 3 panels have to be "re-glued" on his bus, a 2007 (conversion model year) XL2.

So, it would appear that the panel adhesion problems span several production years.

I'll keep ya posted should any more info be available.