Rv Friction Door Hinge Adjustment

I contacted lippert and they gave me the p n for the standard non binding replacement hinge.

Rv friction door hinge adjustment.

You need two of them. The friction hinge has to go. Middle hinge is normal and can remain. The spacer thickness depends on how much you need to get the door to move.

The upgraded friction hinges have nearly ruined both doors on my rig. Rv entry door hinge replacement. The camper is only two years old and the doors have given me trouble since the first outing. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the main door friction hinges.

Our new 2018 cougar has one of the new friction hinge doors and its difficult to open and close. Our new 2018 cougar rds has so much tension on the friction hinges it takes two hands to pull the door closed. A spacer behind the lower hinge will move the bottom of the door up. For those that hate the friction hinges more like binding hinges as much as i do there is a fix.

Outback rv owners forum. It also will not open all the way. Keystone calls it a feature but i m no so sure. I see no adjustments on the hinge and oiling the hinge does nothing to ease it up.

Rv entry door window frame glass replacement. If the latch isn t greased you ll think the door is binding but in reality the friction between the latch and striker is high enough to make you need to pull to get. Might take a couple of tries to get the spacing right. When it is opened back to the outside wall of the trailer it pops back out about 10 inches.

You could drill out the rivets on one of the hinges add a thin spacer behind the hinge then re rivet it. First i will need to replace the hinges with the standard hinges. It is difficult to open and with a strong breeze it will not stay open. Then determine if my door can be salvaged or if it will have to be replaced.

Adjusting rv entry door camber. I will eventually switch the hinge to a non friction hinge and attach a lock to the trailer wall to latch the door open when i want it to stay open. Replacement of window with integrated shade. Rv exterior door touch up paint.

The only thing going for it is that you dont need to clip the door when it s in the full open position. For top and bottom. I ve since had the unit back in a second time for adjustment of the doors.