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How to reattach bay door strut support?

March 14, 2011, 09:07:04 am

One of my struts pulled out of the fiberglass wall on the inside of one of my bay doors.  This left a larger than normal rivet hole.  I decided to use a wall anchor with the "wings", however the screw was too long and I lost some paint where the screw almost came through the exterior wall of the door.
Has anyone else tried to reattach the door struts/spring lifts that pulled out of the bay door, and if so what did you use?

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Reply #1 – March 14, 2011, 09:35:46 am

David, I had one pull out on me and I used a larger piece of metal ( alum.)  to cover the holes that the ribits came out and reattached the strut to it.
Ben
1999 u320

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Reply #2 – March 14, 2011, 10:32:47 am

I dug out some of the material inside the hole, stuffed it with kneadable epoxy.  After it hardened, redrilled and reriveted, or used a sheet metal screw, can't remember which.  Did the same thing with a latch on the generator door. 

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Reply #3 – March 14, 2011, 01:16:04 pm

I haven't had it happend to me yet but I was just reading Barry's page on this very subject the other day:
Fixing Broken Rivet on Fiberglass Door

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Reply #4 – March 15, 2011, 09:01:29 am

Thanks for all the replies and ideas.......next time I will one of these suggestions.

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