Rv Friction Door Hinge Adjustment

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.

Rv friction door hinge adjustment.

A spacer behind the lower hinge will move the bottom of the door up. It also will not open all the way. It simply makes the door a constant nuisance an unpleasant thing to deal with. The upgraded friction hinges have nearly ruined both doors on my rig.

I see no adjustments on the hinge and oiling the hinge does nothing to ease it up. Middle hinge is normal and can remain. When it is opened back to the outside wall of the trailer it pops back out about 10 inches. Adjusting rv entry door camber.

For those that hate the friction hinges more like binding hinges as much as i do there is a fix. First i will need to replace the hinges with the standard hinges. I ve since had the unit back in a second time for adjustment of the doors. Rv entry door seal replacement.

You need two of them. I contacted lippert and they gave me the p n for the standard non binding replacement hinge. Rv entry door hinge replacement. It is difficult to open and with a strong breeze it will not stay open.

Is there a way to adjust the tension on the main door friction hinges. The friction hinge has to go. Our new 2018 cougar has one of the new friction hinge doors and its difficult to open and close. The camper is only two years old and the doors have given me trouble since the first outing.

Keystone calls it a feature but i m no so sure. 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. Replacement of window with integrated shade.

This helped a little more but did not solve the problem completely. Outback rv owners forum. You could drill out the rivets on one of the hinges add a thin spacer behind the hinge then re rivet it. Then determine if my door can be salvaged or if it will have to be replaced.

The only thing going for it is that you dont need to clip the door when it s in the full open position. Rv exterior door touch up paint. The spacer thickness depends on how much you need to get the door to move.