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Bay door broke off of the hinge

1996 U 295  The bay door to the water tanks just now broke off from the hinge.  How to you fix it????

Re: Bay door broke off of the hinge

Reply #1 –
Nick,

Welcome to the forum.

If you put the word "Hinge" in the search box on the upper right and select "All Topics" you will get a host of entries on fixing it.

This is a recurring subject on the forum.


Keith
Keith, Joyce & Smokey the Australian Cattle Dog
1995 U320 SE Extreme 40' WTBI Build # 4780, with a Honda CR-V hopefully still following behind.
Motorcade # 17030
FMCA # F422159

Re: Bay door broke off of the hinge

Reply #2 –
Quote from: Nick –
1996 U 295  The bay door to the water tanks just now broke off from the hinge.  How to you fix it????

Bay Door Hinge Replacement with Stainless Hinges
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2003 U320 40' AGDS
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Re: Bay door broke off of the hinge

Reply #3 –
A couple of points on broken bay door hinge fiberglass mounting surfaces.

1) It has been felt by some that stainless hinges are too rigid / strong, as they have put new stresses on fiberglass.
2) New air struts or struts with too high pressure can put extra stress on hinge mounting.
3) Doors have broken all the way through at the narrow side of the propane
 hot water tank, often from new struts putting too much pressure on the door's strut mount. Some have left the strut off the narrow side to prevent re-breaking.

Repairs are all over the place, from fiberglass reinforcement to adding a drilled narrow metal strip inside door with bolts & nuts instead of rivets.
 

Re: Bay door broke off of the hinge

Reply #4 –
All the bay doors show stress on this top flange on my coach.  Might be a good application for some pultruded fiberglass angle bonded with putty to reinforce.
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS