I know that the axle comparisons between the Flexiride and Dexter axles have been done before; I've read several discussions online about this. But my poor old 16' needs a new axle soon and I'm still indecisive. My priority is long term value and reliability. I like the Flexiride for the adjustible bar angle. Having 42 degrees would be nice in the boonies. But the tension torsion construction makes me wonder about catastrophic failure. Has anyone ever had the rubber in these completely decouple from the torsion rod, so that the wheel suddenly goes vertical?

Just tore into our 200 19 foot scamp and found a belly band leak. Hooray!

I need to replace some rivets on our new to us 2010 16' when I change some rusted hardware. What do you do about the rat fur when the rivet body is drilled out? I also need to get at it to put a backup washer on the new rivet. Should I make a small incision with a razor.blade? Sorry if this has been addressed before. Thanks!

So trying to crank the landing legs on the Scamp 19 and I get no movement up or down. The gears and the rod that goes between the legs turns fine, but nothing is happening. Where do I look for the problem and how to repair. It did work fine when we brought it in, but is not working now.

One way to prevent yellowing of exposed plastic parts is to simply spray paint them before installing them. Today's spray paints that are formulated for plastic are fantastic. if you use several light/thin coats the finish turns out amazing!

You can also paint existing parts that have already yellowed, simply mask around them and use a good primer (or paint with primer) to give the paint something to adhere to (I like the self etching primers myself [Duplicolor brand is my absolute favorite]).