If this is all that broke on a 9 day 2500 mile trip then all I can say is I'm good with that.We noticed that the left side latch pin of the over the dinette pantry was not lining up with the hole and the bottom front left corner was sagging. I looked at it from the inside. Typical, one screw holding it and it missed the mark. Plus they left all the shavings, shoddy workmanship I picked up a 2" wide by 1/2" thick pine slat. Drilled, counter sunk the holes then stained it. I installed the fix this afternoon using brass wood screws to color match. This is way stronger than the way they built it.

I don't look at something like this as a repair, I look at it as a forced modification :B

I've had to do some small changes as well. Seems common in all RVs and houses.

Nice looking support! The stain, rounded corners, brass screws... it matches very well.Just out of nosiness, what is that metal ring thing to the left of the cabinet door? Looks almost like a flagpole holder...

Naio wrote:Nice looking support! The stain, rounded corners, brass screws... it matches very well.Just out of nosiness, what is that metal ring thing to the left of the cabinet door? Looks almost like a flagpole holder...the whole front of the cabinet can fold flat that ring is the lock pin (one on each end of the cabinet), the fabric at the bottom conceals the hinge. We put daily use stuff behind the doors and rarely used stuff behind the panels

Oh, that's a nifty feature! I may do something like that in my new van. Thanks for the pics :).

Ah the simple repairs, that you should not have to make.

Photomike
Explorer III
Aug 03, 2016
I don't look at something like this as a repair, I look at it as a forced modification :B
jimh406
Explorer III
Aug 03, 2016
I've had to do some small changes as well. Seems common in all RVs and houses.
Naio
Explorer II
Aug 03, 2016
Nice looking support! The stain, rounded corners, brass screws... it matches very well.

Just out of nosiness, what is that metal ring thing to the left of the cabinet door? Looks almost like a flagpole holder...
Buzzcut1
Nomad II
Aug 03, 2016
Naio wrote:
Nice looking support! The stain, rounded corners, brass screws... it matches very well.

Just out of nosiness, what is that metal ring thing to the left of the cabinet door? Looks almost like a flagpole holder...

the whole front of the cabinet can fold flat that ring is the lock pin (one on each end of the cabinet), the fabric at the bottom conceals the hinge. We put daily use stuff behind the doors and rarely used stuff behind the panels
Naio
Explorer II
Aug 03, 2016
Oh, that's a nifty feature! I may do something like that in my new van. Thanks for the pics :).
cewillis
Explorer
Aug 03, 2016
Looks better than new (and works better too).
Camper_Jeff___K
Nomad III
Aug 03, 2016
Looks like it belongs there. Much stronger now too.
popeyemth
Explorer
Aug 03, 2016
That's not a repair its an improvement :)
JimBollman
Explorer
Aug 04, 2016
We had a fold down front like that on a past camper and it had a thin piece of wood that you slid over the doors when it was down and made an upper bunk for a child. My son slept up there till he was 10 or so. After he out grew it we often used it as a wide shelf and just left it down.

Nice fix. Our old camper was made with those kind of cleats installed by the factory. If I remember right it was built in 1976, they tended to overbuild things more back then.
trail-explorer
Explorer
Aug 05, 2016
Sadly, the RV industry still continues to use pine, which splits when you look at it wrong. Pine slats like the use in cabinetry, etc really needs to be pre-drilled, but the RV industry will NEVER to that on production line RVs due to the time it takes, which equals "expense"

Nice upgrade!