Entry Door Hinges
Hi. Have a 2012 Starcraft Autum Ridge 336 RESS and the door hinges have ceased up.|The dealer is 1500 km away so it is cheaper for me to fix it (yes under warrty but cost of fuel & ferry would be $150...
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I know you tried penetrating oil, have you tried a product like Jigaloo?
It has worked twice for me on very stubborn hinges. The first one was the door hinge on my Sierra, I had to spray it several times a day for a few days before it finally started working again. I swear that I opened and closed that door 300 times in a few days... just to work the product into the hinge.
I also had the side door on my utility trailer completely seize the hinges. When I attempted to open the door, the wall of the trailer was actually bending where the hinge attached, rather then the hinge opening up. I went out to the trailer each night after returning home from work and sprayed the hinges. I kept trying to carefully open the door. Eventually the door started to open a little bit on the hinge. I kept at it for awhile and now it works just like new again.
I spray a fluid film on the exposed hinges now to prevent the problem from occurring again. Those hinges are also the rod type with no water escape route.
It has worked twice for me on very stubborn hinges. The first one was the door hinge on my Sierra, I had to spray it several times a day for a few days before it finally started working again. I swear that I opened and closed that door 300 times in a few days... just to work the product into the hinge.
I also had the side door on my utility trailer completely seize the hinges. When I attempted to open the door, the wall of the trailer was actually bending where the hinge attached, rather then the hinge opening up. I went out to the trailer each night after returning home from work and sprayed the hinges. I kept trying to carefully open the door. Eventually the door started to open a little bit on the hinge. I kept at it for awhile and now it works just like new again.
I spray a fluid film on the exposed hinges now to prevent the problem from occurring again. Those hinges are also the rod type with no water escape route.
