2024 Winnebago View dinette table

[DDDever]

Our dinette table top clicks as we go down the road. I have tighten the screw that adheres the top to the base but that doesn’t seem to help. Sometimes it actually makes it worse. Has anyone come across this and been able to fix it? The clicking drives my daughter crazy as we are traveling. Thanks!!!

 

[Mudsock]

Obnoxious, isn't it? The top of the table is not making the noise. It is applying lateral force to the post causing it to move slightly in the metal base that is screwed to the slide-in floor. At least that is what was causing it in our 24D. To verify it, take the top off of the post, lay it upside down on the cushions right behind the driver and see if it makes the noise with the table off of the post. That cured the problem for us. Grabbing the post with my hands and pushing it forward and backward produced the same sound.

 

[DDDever]

Mudsock, thank you so much for your insight. I will do as you suggest. How were you able to secure the Post so it didn't cause the noise?

 

[Mudsock]

I did not, in truth, cure the problem. I just reduced the force element by removing the top from the post. This is a torque issue. Torque is force times distance. If you think of the post like the minute hand of a clock and the base as the point of rotation, with the plane of rotation parallel with the side of the motorhome, you can see that adding the top to the post will cause more torque, hence rotation, clockwise and counter-clockwise as the coach bounces down the road. The rotation is an extremely small movement, but it is enough to make the base and post sound off. Inertia of the table top causes the force, the distance is the length of the post between the base and table top.

Taking the top off of the post and putting a pad between the bathroom door and the door frame are part of our pre-departure nose management ritual.

Another source of noise was the facial trim on the microwave. The top of it was rattling against the wood it is attached to (with screws.) I backed out the screws a bit and put a shim behind the top edge of the trim, then tightened the screws.