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Originally Posted by CADman_KS
No, it's not the friction hinge. You can't open the door HANDLE because the striker is locked so hard against the striker plate. When we dropped it off, it was probably bowed out a 1/4" in the middle. It's noticeable.
Why does everyone hate the friction hinge? We actually like that feature. Our daughters 5er has that on it, and that was the first time that we saw it.
The deal with this, though, is that there are going to be times where the door is opened up far enough to hit the rails on the slide. Whether that's a human opening the door, or the wind grabbing the door, and opening it for you. We live in Kansas, and there no friction hinge that's going to keep the wind from pushing that door, if it' gets out of your hands. It is truly a bad design. When we get it back, I think that I'm going to have to look into some sort of door stop and/or catch to at least prevent it from going out that far.
I think that you're absolutely right that this is what has happened!!! However, this didn't happen on our watch, and now we start the fight to get it fixed. This is our first Montana warranty snafu, and less than a month into this thing, we're not starting off on the right foot.
Good post!!!
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-The door strike plates are usually adjustable.
-You are saying the door latch edge is bent inwards at the lock ?
-I have a friend with the friction hinge and a hate going in or out of his camper. It is very hard to move the door, especially when you have a hand full of stuff.
-We had 2 raptor toy haulers with top and bottom shocks on the door. They were great. Just open the door and let go and they would open 90 degrees. Wind would move them but not much.