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Have just developed a creaking in the van floor when walking on it we have a van with front kitchen and door at the front as in my avitar, this noise is driving my wife nuts so any help in fixing this would be greatly appreciated. 



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Have just developed a creaking in the van floor when walking on it we have a van with front kitchen and door at the front as in my avitar, this noise is driving my wife nuts so any help in fixing this would be greatly appreciated. 


 I have heard of this before , I think their fix was to have one climb under the van while the second walkes around untill you pinpoint the creaking section. I believe a small timber wedge or two was then fitted between the floor & the chassis &/or crossmembers in that section.

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we had the same problem in our millard

the noise was coming from a joint in the flooring. I got Mrs KFT to walk on it while I was under the van so I could pinpoint the location.

Once I knew where it was I filled the joints and the gaps with liquid nails and stayed off the floor until it set.

problem gone.

frank

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A more common reason for the floor creaking than chassis support is furniture not being secured securely to the floor. I was shown this to be the case in my van. The cure is to tighten the existing screws and add extra screws.

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KFT wrote:

we had the same problem in our millard

the noise was coming from a joint in the flooring. I got Mrs KFT to walk on it while I was under the van so I could pinpoint the location.

Once I knew where it was I filled the joints and the gaps with liquid nails and stayed off the floor until it set.

problem gone.

frank


 I might do the walking bit and get Mrs W to go under the van, I don't like heights. biggrin



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We had the same problem in our Regent, I layed under the van while it was on stands and ran "Sikaflex" around both sides of all the chassis framing that came in contact with the floor, this was done 12 years ago and since it was done we never had any more squeaks while walking on the floor.

I even removed the water tank so no section was missed.

It took a while but well worth the effort.



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We had the same problem in our Regent, I layed under the van while it was on stands and ran "Sikaflex" around both sides of all the chassis framing that came in contact with the floor, this was done 12 years ago and since it was done we never had any more squeaks while walking on the floor.

 

I even removed the water tank so no section was missed.

 

It took a while but well worth the effort.


 do you want to come and do mine, Mrs W will not get under the van, I will never understand women nono  (biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin)



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patrolst wrote:

 

We had the same problem in our Regent, I layed under the van while it was on stands and ran "Sikaflex" around both sides of all the chassis framing that came in contact with the floor, this was done 12 years ago and since it was done we never had any more squeaks while walking on the floor.

 

I even removed the water tank so no section was missed.

 

It took a while but well worth the effort.


 do you want to come and do mine, Mrs W will not get under the van, I will never understand women nono  (biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin)


 I did it once, now I just explain how I did it



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patrolst wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
patrolst wrote:

 

We had the same problem in our Regent, I layed under the van while it was on stands and ran "Sikaflex" around both sides of all the chassis framing that came in contact with the floor, this was done 12 years ago and since it was done we never had any more squeaks while walking on the floor.

 

I even removed the water tank so no section was missed.

 

It took a while but well worth the effort.


 do you want to come and do mine, Mrs W will not get under the van, I will never understand women nono  (biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin)


 I did it once, now I just explain how I did it


 Does that mean no. biggrin



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this trip we developed a creaking floor near the en-suite after a few days on the one site . Fixed it by re-adjusting the drop down legs.

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Kinda yes



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patrolst wrote:

Kinda yes


 Hmmm, 'Kinda', so there is some hope that you can do mine? biggrin 



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Thanks guys for the advice I will give the resealing of the floor to the metal joist a shot and hopefully problem will be solved.



biggrinbiggrinbiggrin Could Mrs Wombat please come and walk on my van floor as I to am scared of heights especially when its jacked up so I can crawl under.winkwinkwink



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Thanks guys for the advice I will give the resealing of the floor to the metal joist a shot and hopefully problem will be solved.



biggrinbiggrinbiggrin Could Mrs Wombat please come and walk on my van floor as I to am scared of heights especially when its jacked up so I can crawl under.winkwinkwink


 You are bloody brave, have you seen the size of Mrs W biggrinbiggrin



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I will be interested to follow this thread.  We also have a developed a creaking, just forward of the front axle.  The only difference is that it is driving Mr D mad.  Me, I just ignore it.  Mr D has done the sikalfex thing, but still creaking.  Maybe more attention is required along these lines.



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