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jolooote
Explorer
Dec 14, 2019

Entrance Door Strut mount torn out. 2020 JayCo GrayHawk

The Entrance door Strut (Shock absorber) ball mount on the bottom of the door has torn or snapped out of the door aluminium. Has anyone had this problem? How to fix? It looks like the ball mount was s...
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carringb
Explorer
Dec 14, 2019
Do you have a pic of what is left? If there is enough material leftover, maybe a helicoil would work. If not, something like a "Nut-sert" might work better.

Yes, this is a common problem, and this is why many towables went away from struts and started installing friction hinges. But the struts are necessary still when the door needs to be restrained from opening 180 degrees.

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