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What's the secret to eliminate entry door rattle?

February 25, 2014, 11:29:17 am

I have adjusted and re-adjusted the engine door latch pins in an attempt to stop the door rattle with no luck. So, what is the secret to stopping the rattle? I can't imagine the door rattle being there from the factory.
Perplexed!

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Reply #1 – February 25, 2014, 11:57:25 am

My rattle seems to be caused by the screen door  I have placed weather striping on the screen door to snug it against the outside door.  It helps a lot but does not eliminate the problem completely. I have also tied to snug up the screen door latch which also helps.  Norm H.

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Reply #2 – February 25, 2014, 12:15:47 pm

  Norm's problem (which is not answer to O Hippee question)I seem to remember Dick S mentioning this problem a while back and I did what he did. The metal protection lower panel over screen seems to be loose in door frame so put a few runs of silicone (or) caulking in a few places around it and that may cure your rattle.
I also put a piece of foam tape on screen cover where the "sliding step cover" meets the door so there is a bit of pressure applied to slide and door. These cures have stopped my rattles in that location.
O H !!  is your rattle on engine door really the door of maybe the exhausl pipe chrome extn hitting the body? I had to enlarge an 1/8" the hole around mine to stop that. The other thing I did was wrap electrical tape around pin on latches and that also helped deaden noise.
JohnH

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Reply #3 – February 25, 2014, 12:56:15 pm

John, yes it's the engine door as I can push on it really hard and the rattle diminishes significantly. I adjusted it as tight as I could but it did not solve the issue.
My screen door does not rattle, yet.

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Reply #4 – February 25, 2014, 03:10:42 pm

I also have worked to tighten the engine door.  Seems no matter what I do it still appears to rattle when I push in on the top of the door.  Not sure I hear anything inside the coach.  DAN

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Reply #5 – February 25, 2014, 08:21:15 pm

We found a major rattle point on the front door was from the folding arm at the top of the door.  When the door was closed it rattled between the door and the upper door jamb.  We put a 2"x3" piece of stick-on loop side velcro on the top of the door and on the door jamb aligned with the end of the end of the folded arm.  That fixed that.  Now on to the squeaking door latch and the rattling front awning arm.

All in all our Foretravel is remarkably quiet.  A really rough road makes the room locking pins creak but not much more than it makes me creak.  Cabinets, cabinet doors, drawers, most everything else is really solid.  In our last RV we spent lots of time over 33 years playing "Hunt for the Squeak".  Another 10 lbs of silicone and a hundred or so additional screws made it pretty solid.  The Foretravel is solid from the get-go.

Roger

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Reply #6 – February 25, 2014, 09:13:48 pm

I must be hard of hearing, since I replaced the 4 rubber bushings on the slide locking pins with the secret flat washer's about 5 years ago, I hear nothing but music from the ISM500 if the window is open,  If I turn the radio off.
Dave M

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Reply #7 – February 25, 2014, 09:35:29 pm

Sorry, I just looked at the title- "entry door rattle" and missed the first sentence.  On my "98"  U295, I would have to occasionally rotate the two rubber grommets at the base of the engine door (on either side) so when closed, they would be out of the grove they had created over time.  This would tighten up the lower portion of the door until they gradually rotated back the worn spot.  New grommets would cure the problem.  Norm H.  ( this explanation is not even clear to me ?)

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