Rv Friction Door Hinge Adjustment

Our new 2018 cougar rds has so much tension on the friction hinges it takes two hands to pull the door closed.

Rv friction door hinge adjustment.

Lci has developed many exciting trailer door features including sturdy kick panels the friction hinge lighted thresholds and multiple window options. If you get the right strength strut available from dealer for free and remove your rain cap from the door frame and make an aluminum spacer however thick need be to fill in behind the rain cap and strut mount so you can tighten the screws down with out crushing the rain cap. Is there a way to adjust the tension on the main door friction hinges. Rv entry door hinge replacement.

Also available are accessories such as thin shade screen shot keyed alike and euro latch. The friction hinge has to go. I see no adjustments on the hinge and oiling the hinge does nothing to ease it up. Replacement of window with integrated shade.

It also will not open all the way. You won t have issue. When it is opened back to the outside wall of the trailer it pops back out about 10 inches. You need two of them.

Our new 2018 cougar has one of the new friction hinge doors and its difficult to open and close. Rv entry door window frame glass replacement. It is difficult to open and with a strong breeze it will not stay open. I contacted lippert and they gave me the p n for the standard non binding replacement hinge.

Keystone calls it a feature but i m no so sure. 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. That was on the screen door though. For top and bottom.

For those that hate the friction hinges more like binding hinges as much as i do there is a fix. Middle hinge is normal and can remain. It simply makes the door a constant nuisance an unpleasant thing to deal with. Another member had brought up that his hinge was binding up.

Adjusting rv entry door camber. Rv entry door seal replacement. Friction hinge rv entry door additions improvements. The only thing going for it is that you dont need to clip the door when it s in the full open position.

The rv hinge seems to be a one size fits all type with no adjustment available for wear the old fashioned latches should be available at any decent trailer dealer.