Cracked Door Panel

[MAX Burner]

1 minute ago, topgun2 said:

I wonder just how many National Park stickers I can buy for that?😉

...somewhere in the neighborhood of 135 NP stickers.  Probably enough to cover both sides of the main hatch, closet door, and head door!  😜

[CRM]

On 3/27/2024 at 9:40 AM, mossemi said:

My 2017 LE2 door looks identical!  I do not think wind had anything to do with it, but maybe sun exposure.  It has puzzled me for several years and I haven’t really figured out how to fix it.  The skin does pull the styrofoam apart, so I’m not sure if replacing the skin is the answer.  I am leaning towards applying something to the existing skin, just haven’t figured out what.

Mossey

Was just thinking... Maybe a textured fabric-backed vinyl wallpaper would work even better than formica would? Much easier to fit to the door and might even look original if you could find a similar texture.

[In Pursuit]

I have to same issue with my door. Of all the campers I had I've ever owned I never seen this before. I did purchase a new replacement from Lippert, but are pretty pricy along with getting the graphic's on the outside. 

[jdmmtx]

The door on our 2019 cracked and we had it replaced at Oliver. Our crack was on the outside but started under the original clip-style window. We had a days-long period of snow, ice and single digit temperatures and noticed it after the trailer thawed out.

Edited May 6, 2024 by jdmmtx

[jd1923]

I had not noticed when replied before. Been camping for 2 weeks now, where we had the screen door closed, main door open. We have the original window.

Multiple perfectly horizontal cracks (btw shows flaw in the material) and one much larger, angled down to the handle (from use). We will live with ours as I have larger fish to fry and we promised not to spend more on ours for a while. It is purely cosmetic, goes well with our fading gel-coat!🤣

[jd1923]

BTW, the link @MAX Burner supplied for a replacement door on AMzon, currently has a “Like New” one for $90 less. Like new on Amazon means the packaging has been breached!

[Wayfinder]

I'm the only one I know of who has removed the door to reseal it. Super easy job. My door frame on my older 2016, #110 did have Olivers name on the Lippert factory sticker, so that might mean they're custom for Oliver's, or used to be. 

Would be an easy job to put on new door frame. Just have good quality butyl tape and double up the thickness of the butyl tape near the center areas of the door frame on both left and right sides. I have posted pictures on this thread

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Edited January 25 by Wayfinder

[RoadKingsofGA]

On 3/26/2024 at 7:41 PM, Steve-Gwenne said:

We are new to RV ownership so maybe this is to be expected; our door panel, on the inside, is cracking. See photos.

Is this normal? If not, what has caused this? 'Sun' comes to mind but I do not think that pertains to us.

What should we do? I am inclined to cover each crack with white duck tape. Is this a good idea? Or ????

I am concerned that all of the laminate, or whatever this bumpy material is, will peel totally off & leave the door looking like ???. 🙂

ty

 

 

[RoadKingsofGA]

Ours has done this and we can recreate the issue, which is the door pressed into the black back stop puck. Even when using the door hook, constant wind pressure against that back stop has caused ours to crack on the inside, where the inset is hard and susceptible to cracking when under flex/pressure. Stand and push your door into the puck and you can see it flex. Thus when opening the door, if the wind grabs it causing good whack against the back stop, then the cracking begins. We bought our trailer used, and the door never closed smoothly or easily. There was a dent on the inside of the door, but we didn’t think that affected function. Turns out, that dent was probably something hard enough to bend the door frame and then, even when latched, there was play in the door allowing flex on the back stop, so here we are. We are ordering a new door from Oliver and having it installed. 
2019 E2 hull #550

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[jd1923]

5 hours ago, RoadKingsofGA said:

Even when using the door hook, constant wind pressure against that back stop has caused ours to crack on the inside, where the inset is hard and susceptible to cracking when under flex/pressure.

This truly makes sense! Our door would bang in the wind against that stop before you even got a chance to hook the door.

Never since adding friction hinges. You must add these. Our door sits 90 degrees open, even in the wind, and never pushing on the stop.

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[rich.dev]

51 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

Never since adding friction hinges. You must add these. Our door sits 90 degrees open, even in the wind, and never pushing on the stop.

X2 what John said! I love these friction hinges, they work wonderfully. I don’t have to use the latch = no pressure against that back stop. I can leave the door open when there is a breeze and the door stays where I put it and no more fly away door! 😊 

[Galway Girl]

I had the thought that adding the two friction hinges was the cause of our problem, because it took a lot more force to open the door....but I think our door had been flexed by wind events in the past and that may have started the problem and over time it just got worse.  

So my question and asking folks to vote:

Do I put the door back on
A) WITH" or
B) WITHOUT....
the friction hinges. 

[jd1923]

4 hours ago, Galway Girl said:

Do I put the door back on
A) WITH" or
B) WITHOUT....
the friction hinges. 

You could start a poll. You know my vote. Can’t wait to see your installation! Best wishes. JD

[Geronimo John]

This would be a great owner lead topic at the Rally at Lake Guntersville!

[MAX Burner]

We've been using the Lippert friction hinges for a couple years now.  We love them - it actually makes the lower "hook hasp" unnecessary.  Some folks may say you don't need two - but we like the 2 hinge option especially in some of the winds we've experienced in the Rockies.  The downside is some visitors to your rig may question why your door is so "stiff"....  Oh, well.