Door stop--or whatever its called

You will find alot of detail on this part in the Monaco Facebook pages. I replaced mine with a shock and it works great. My old hinge would let the door get open and then not be able to close unless I touched it by hand. That was a pain.

Here is a write-up on replacing the door locking swing arm with a gas strut. Lots of people have done this upgrade with success. There is also info on buying a replacement arm if you want to stay stock.

http://www.visualsc.com/Monaco_door_gas_strut_upgrade.pdf

About every 5-6 years I have to bend the end that sticks out past the pivot so it has more force when it goes into the dimple on the other arm. A large crescent wrench works well and it doesn’t take much bending to tighten it up.

Ok, I found the arms in the retracted position on top of the door. Looks like it broke loose at the other end. Never had any problem with the original set up so will first see if I can fix it.....will be gone a few days but will let you know the outcome.....thanks everyone.

Still haven't got to it------stand by

Ok, been home a few days and fixed it. The end attached to the door frame must have had a pin in it to attach to the arm. Had a hole in the piece attached to the door frame and a hole in the arm. So, I removed the piece from the door frame, cut the head off of a bolt the proper size, welded it into the hole in the piece that mounts in the door frame, distorted the threads so nut would not come off, (I hope) and attached it to the arm on the door with a nut. It seems to work perfect and I see no reason that it won't last.