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.

Outback rv owners forum. The friction hinge has to go. 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. You need two of them.

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. 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. Middle hinge is normal and can remain.

Is there a way to adjust the tension on the main door friction hinges. This helped a little more but did not solve the problem completely. Might take a couple of tries to get the spacing right. Our new 2018 cougar rds has so much tension on the friction hinges it takes two hands to pull the door closed.

For those that hate the friction hinges more like binding hinges as much as i do there is a fix. Then determine if my door can be salvaged or if it will have to be replaced. It also will not open all the way. When it is opened back to the outside wall of the trailer it pops back out about 10 inches.

It is difficult to open and with a strong breeze it will not stay open. I see no adjustments on the hinge and oiling the hinge does nothing to ease it up. Rv entry door hinge replacement. A spacer behind the lower hinge will move the bottom of the door up.

I ve since had the unit back in a second time for adjustment of the doors. The camper is only two years old and the doors have given me trouble since the first outing. Our new 2018 cougar has one of the new friction hinge doors and its difficult to open and close. The upgraded friction hinges have nearly ruined both doors on my rig.

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