replace RV entrance door hinges?
My trailer's entrance door is sagging. The hinges are worn out. I use this trailer to haul cargo daily for work, and I estimate that the door has been opened and closed upwards of 40,000 times. ...
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I did this last fall.
The kids used the screen door as a hand rail and after pulling it enough times, the pot metal failed.
I found the replacement on the Lippert website, and got it a week or so later.
As others have said, I punched the center of each rivet, drilled it out with a very small drill bit - as a pilot hole, and then increase the bits until I could see the entire rivet.
Then took a punch an pushed it into the frame and it was done.
When I reinstalled, I used Pop Rivets and found some of the holes didn't line up. Drilled new holes in the door and the hinge.
If you have a 4-1/2" grinder, I would grind off the heads instead of drilling them out. You're less apt to make a mistake and it comes off much faster.
I did it at my RV storage place with my drill and rivet gun. It took me about 90 minutes for the hinges on frame and door.
Take your time and it's not difficult.
josh
The kids used the screen door as a hand rail and after pulling it enough times, the pot metal failed.
I found the replacement on the Lippert website, and got it a week or so later.
As others have said, I punched the center of each rivet, drilled it out with a very small drill bit - as a pilot hole, and then increase the bits until I could see the entire rivet.
Then took a punch an pushed it into the frame and it was done.
When I reinstalled, I used Pop Rivets and found some of the holes didn't line up. Drilled new holes in the door and the hinge.
If you have a 4-1/2" grinder, I would grind off the heads instead of drilling them out. You're less apt to make a mistake and it comes off much faster.
I did it at my RV storage place with my drill and rivet gun. It took me about 90 minutes for the hinges on frame and door.
Take your time and it's not difficult.
josh
