How To Fix A Top Hinge Door On An Rv

Screws magically work themselves loose over the years.

How to fix a top hinge door on an rv.

With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads. Remove the door by unscrewing the pin in the top hinge. Here is the norcold retrof. If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws.

If one is loose remove two or more screws and try driving in longer screws. I then drilled a hole on each side of the hinge piece and reinforced it with small screws that went through both pieces. If a door binds open it grasp the knob and lift up to see if a hinge is loose. But i was able to fix it while on the road for 13 00 n.

I no longer need to worry about my rv door hinge stopping the door from banging into and cracking my little guy max trailer rv window again. And fixing my monopod mount. I think i found. We take you through what happened what we bought and how we managed to fix our rv refrigerator.

What i did first was glue the broken piece into place with superglue. Describing and demonstrating several problems with my motorhome s entry door that may be common on many rv s. They wanted almost 200 00 for a replacement door. Tighten the hinge screws.

Make sure all the screws are tight. The first large photo shows a normal hinge pin for a norcold door. On the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close.