Outdoor Kitchen door struts
Hey Guys, Has anybody had issues with exterior door struts detaching from the door? I have an outdoor kitchen and the bracket screws pull out from where they are attached to the door. The TT was in t...
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The strut plates which bolt onto the bay doors on our rig have 7 holes in them. From the factory, our rig had between 2-5 screws in each plate holding them to the inside of the doors. Our doors are fiberglas outside, sheet metal inside with foam sandwiched in between. Well, not long into our first year of ownership, the majority of the plates were loose, and could not be tightened.
My fix: For each door, I drilled out each of the 7 holes for each plate. Then filled each hole with JB Weld epoxy and gave it a night to set. The next day I drilled a pilot hole into each JB Weld area sized for the sheet metal screws I used to hold the plates. That was almost 10 years ago. I haven't had one loosen up yet.
If your door really is made of wood and is wet, then you need to resolve that issue first. The JB Weld process I used will work even if it gets wet, but if you have water getting into that door, you want to stop it to prevent future damage.
Good Luck,
~Rick
My fix: For each door, I drilled out each of the 7 holes for each plate. Then filled each hole with JB Weld epoxy and gave it a night to set. The next day I drilled a pilot hole into each JB Weld area sized for the sheet metal screws I used to hold the plates. That was almost 10 years ago. I haven't had one loosen up yet.
If your door really is made of wood and is wet, then you need to resolve that issue first. The JB Weld process I used will work even if it gets wet, but if you have water getting into that door, you want to stop it to prevent future damage.
Good Luck,
~Rick
