How To Fix A Top Hinge Door On An Rv

Describing and demonstrating several problems with my motorhome s entry door that may be common on many rv s.

How to fix a top hinge door on an rv.

Screws magically work themselves loose over the years. Here is the norcold retrof. I then drilled a hole on each side of the hinge piece and reinforced it with small screws that went through both pieces. If one is loose remove two or more screws and try driving in longer screws.

With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads. But i was able to fix it while on the road for 13 00 n. The first large photo shows a normal hinge pin for a norcold door. If a door binds open it grasp the knob and lift up to see if a hinge is loose.

On the latch side a door is cut at a slight bevel to make it easier to close. They wanted almost 200 00 for a replacement door. Our refrigerator door broke off. Make sure all the screws are tight.

What i did first was glue the broken piece into place with superglue. We take you through what happened what we bought and how we managed to fix our rv refrigerator. Tighten the hinge screws. 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.

Norcold refrigerator plastic door hinge broke off. If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws. I think i found.