1995 lance 945 truck camper
Looking for info on how to replace rear entry door hinge..door sticking on threshold.
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Pete! How are ya?
Hopefully the op will read your advice here and maybe even acknowledge it….
But don’t hold your breath.
Check your messages for an update. We will let camping-girl44 try some things and come back to us with some feedback. Maybe she does not need a door hinge...
If the door is sticking on the threshold, it is most likely a slightly twisted camper in the back. Try lifting the rear a little with just one rear jack so the door sits square in the opening. If this fixes the problem, raise the camper off the truck bed and look for anything that could be causing an uneven floor. If it is level, the camper frame has some sag on on side. You may be able jack up that one corner that helped just a little more as needed with the rest on the truck to twist the camper back into square. Don't over do it, it should straighten out once the jack is retracted.
Thank you ...I will try that tilt a bit....how long should I leave it in that position before easing off the jack
I’m spitballing here and it may not even work.
with my recommendation, be careful and don’t go overboard. You could stress the Jack mount or Jack on that side potentially.
That said, I don’t think you could do break anything doing it with the camper off the truck as the rear is much lighter than the front and most all TCs will tripod on one rear leg pretty quickly.
If you keep the other side strapped to the truck, and just keep cranking is when you could break something.
Again not a scientific procedure but I’d consider raising it up a bit more than the 1.5” a few times and see if it tweaks it at all.
But the better method may be to see if you can shim it up in the truck bed, start at 3/4” maybe and after driving around like that it may help. Or likely to spring back.
It’s old and it’s not a very rigid frame (wood stapled together in the corners) so go easy and if your method works and a little shim in there bed works I’d roll with that.
