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rrunner
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Jul 09, 2021

Shower door rollers

Our shower has the curved door panels that have upper rollers with dual plastic wheels. One of the wheels has broken and during ride, the roller popped out of the track. Aside from finding a new dual wheel roller, Do I need to remove the top rail to re-install the roller.

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  • Hey man, same thing happened to me twice now, those little dual plastic wheels crack and the whole roller jumps the track the first pothole you hit. Drives you nuts.

    The good news: you almost never have to pull the top rail off.

    Just do this:

    1. Slide both doors to the middle so the bad roller is hanging in the open.
    2. Grab the door panel firmly and lift straight up (there’s usually a good bit of play in the bottom guide).
    3. While it’s lifted, tilt the top of the door toward the center of the shower a little. The good wheel clears the inside lip and the whole roller pops right out into your hand.
    4. Swap the broken roller for a new one.
    5. Reverse the move: lift, tilt, drop it back in. Takes maybe 90 seconds once you’ve done it once.

    I now carry a couple spare dual-wheel rollers in the coach because it’s literally a roadside fix. Way easier than tearing the whole track apart.

    Glad you caught it before the door came crashing down. Safe travels and smooth showering from here on out! 🚿😄

  • FOUND the exact shower door roller assembly. They can be ordered from
    swisco.com which is out of New Jersey. The item is: Shower Door Roller Assembly, round doot code: 10-071 price is $12.75 each plus shipping. USA postal is %5.95 and Fed Ex was around $62.

    In case anyone else is looking for this shower roller.
  • I have sent an email to Thor to see if they can help. Saw some rollers on Ebay but not identical.
  • We and the same kind of shower door. trying to find rollers was always a problem. once I found some at Menards and bought all they had. Never found any again. finally removed the door and installed this, happy with it.

    https://shop.stoett.com/nautilus-retractable-shower-doors-for-rv/