Stuff a couple of dead mice in there as a warning to the others to no enter.
There should absolutely be something there. When you’re traveling in the rain, the water could spray up from the tires into the camper. I’m not sure why the gap is so big but i have seen giant chunks of foam (sort of like that can of Great Stuff expanding foam) except black in these kind of areas. I have no idea if that was the only thing to close that gap but I’ve seen it underneath the slide outs.
Ya you don’t want any openings in your seal. Did your slider get crooked, or skip a gear on the track?
Mine is exactly the same way. Has been since the day I took delivery from the factory. I ask about it when I had it in for some minor work and dealer talked to the factory: “That’s as it is designed” was the reply. In winter – I put some foamies in there and tweak it to get it as closed as I can. Commin up on 10 years old now – never had any issues with water intruding while on the road, but I’ve never been really happy with it. Fingers crossed – I have also never had any critters either. I put out stickie traps – never have seen evidence of any visitors or had any captured. Hope I have not just cursed myself…
Maybe cut a pool noodle down to size? Extremely stop-gap, but that’s probably what I’d do. Longer term I suppose you could fabricate a plug by cutting down a larger piece of foam, maybe with waterproof tape on the outside to repel any water kicking up from the road etc.
- I use foam pieces to seal all gaps when I store or when I am set up on a site for more than a few days. Takes me like 5 minutes to do on my 2 slideouts
Source: Any ideas on how to fill this gap when my slide is closed
