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Screen door weatherstrip

April 08, 2014, 01:08:45 pm

While at Xtreme, talked to Rance about air leaks at the entry. He said I need to replace the U shaped metal reinforced weatherstrip that goes up both sides and across the top of the entry. There is an additional piece of weatherstripping that goes across the top and down the hinge side of the door. Rance thought this was added, probably in an attempt to correct the "wet entry". He suggested removing this additional weatherstrip, said it probably does more harm than good.

I bought 22' of the u shaped weather strip from FOT, would like to confirm the other weatherstrip is NOT OEM before I remove it. Attached pic. Can anyone confirm how much is OEM?

Thanks

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Reply #1 – April 08, 2014, 03:04:52 pm

My 2002 has NO weatherstripping on the frame side, and only a thin rubber strip (about 3/4" wide by 1/16" thick on the screen door itself.

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Reply #2 – April 08, 2014, 05:42:34 pm

I had that on my door and removed it. It was making it very hard to close the door. I had to slam it. Works much better now. I don't know if it was OEM or not.

Mark

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Reply #3 – April 09, 2014, 01:57:07 am

We have the weatherstrip on all sides of the screen door, and I think there would be more wind noise without all weatherstrip (but haven't tried it.)  I think the weatherstrip all around was factory standard, since the Parts Dept knew about sizes and specs on the hinge side. 

While at Camp Foretravel in 2013, I got all new weatherstrip and replaced it (took the screen door out and put it on a handy table in the covered area next to the laundry.)

Our door has always closed hard (need to slam), but I think that's mostly from compression of the rubber on the latch side of the door.

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Reply #4 – April 09, 2014, 05:07:34 pm

 I replaced the screen door weather seal, ordered from PTL Engineering, the door Mfg. also the door hold open arm.
 PTL Engineering | Committed to quality from start to finish

Al

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Reply #5 – April 09, 2014, 05:41:59 pm

That was one of my winter projects.  My Pos-a-lock never worked since I bought the coach.  I got it off and was able to tear it apart and clean it up.  There was a bit of rust there.  Now it works well enough to be annoying when I forget to pull the handle to close the door.  It wasn't too hard to take apart and clean up.

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Reply #6 – April 09, 2014, 09:04:47 pm

I also replaced my weatherstripping on the screen door with some from PTL. I believe Morninghill is talking about the trim piece around the door jam in the picture. That is what I removed from my door.

Mark

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Reply #7 – April 10, 2014, 10:30:43 am

For doors that require slamming I would take a close look at the striker bolt on the door frame. Sometimes it gets moved enough that slamming is required to get the latch to work. Usually the paint around the striker bolt washer will have a bare metal witness area where the bolt assembly originally was located.
I noticed this condition on our door, relocated the striker bolt back to the original position and now the door closes like it should.

It is highly unlikely FOT would have designs that mandate slamming.

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