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7upman
Explorer
Sep 06, 2016

Stripped screw holes in shore power cord access hatch

I was just setting up at a new campsite and found that my shore power cord was somehow tangled up/kinked inside its storage compartment, making it difficult to pull out. In the process of trying to f...
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RoyB
Explorer II
Sep 06, 2016
If it was wood no problem - I have repaired many a stripped out holes using the MOLLY BOLT (Lowes stores)...



These bolts expand back behind the wall and makes a tight repair. Then you can remove the screw... You end up with a nice metal threaded insert...

much like this pictorial shows...


Don't know if this will work with your plastic or fiberglass type wall or not...

Just a thought here...

Roy Ken

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