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    11 hours ago, rsbilledwards said:

    Actually, there was or is a solution and Safari made several repairs to their chassis of that time frame under warranty. The problem was and still is that time we do not always drive the coaches far enough for the issue to expose itself in the warranty period.  Both Beaver and Safari used the same or similar chassis that Magnum produced, which was owned by Matt Perlot, Safari founder, who ultimately bought Beaver and put it under the Safari umbrella. I recently bought a 1999 Safari Panther and being aware of this problem looked for a coach that had been repaired.  I looked at a Safari Panther recently in Yuma, Arizona to see what had been done to strengthen the front framing since it was an early coach built in 1999.and I believe built after mine. What I found is, at least for me, not conclusive as to what was done since it looked just as mine does, unless mine has been modified as well. The Yuma coach has 126K on it without any issues, This problem purportedly occurred in the coaches that were side entry as opposed to front entry so, can you please confirm that your coach is a side entry or not.

     It is interesting in that the reinforcement of the front structure must occur below the windshield yet there are no diagonal braces in that area of the Yuma coach, nor on mine. There is however, a substantial amount of additional structuring that appears to have been done after the cap was installed. This though is difficult to determine since I have not looked at enough coaches as of this point in time. I have another friend near Yakima, Washington, with a Continental that has had the lower corner, drivers side pop out as opposed to cracking. Would it be possible for you to take some pictures looking up into the cap either side below  the windshield corners. Obviously there would be no bracing in the w/s area  and there is minimal area for bracing above. I do know, that what was done to the Yuma coach, required a new cap that was 3 inches longer to accommodate the changes.  

    Please post them here I will send you a PM Thanks for helping in advance.

     

    Bill Edwards  

    8 airbags

     

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    We have a 1998 Beaver Patriot that has had 2 cracked windshields on the passenger side and then we had it looked at by Kaiser Brake in Eugene and they put a shim on the drivers side to make it totally level when all the air is released.  Now we have major cracking on the drivers side.  We are told that this is a problem that the Patriot has because the front cab is all fiberglass.  Beaver told us that they have not heard of this problem for a long time.

     Does anyone have any suggestions or know anything about what we should do.  We bought this 40 ft. just a little over 2 years ago and cannot afford to be replacing windshields ever time we go out.  Does almost all of the cracking when we are sitting at home on level ground with all the air released. No jacks down and no pressure anywhere.  

    We could really use some advise/help here.  

    We love our coach but don't know if it is time to part ways and look for something else.

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