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Sprung (Twisted) side entry door frame on a MB 26.5 LD???
Yahoo Message Number: 66429
Has anyone experienced a sprung door frame that surrounds the swing out door??
 After leaving my LD at a dealership for some engine repair, I noticed the side entry door was sticking quite a bit...
 A week later after closer examination, I noticed the frame of the swing out door seemed to be slightly twisted.  It's like the rame is sprung and there is no longer a good seal between the exterior frame and the aluminum skin of the door by the hinges on the outside...
 I'm afraid with the rainy season ahead here in Florida, that whatever material is used inside the door will become damagedbecause of the opening by the door skin where it meets the hinges.

Has anyone else experienced this sort of problem?

I can take and post pictures of it to better show it...

Thanks,

Ed
Re: Sprung (Twisted) side entry door frame on a MB 26.5 LD???
Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66434
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Has anyone experienced a sprung door frame that surrounds the swing
out door??

Ed:
 There are several messages addressing this if you run a search.  It is because wind slams the door open against the stop, and the door is weakest where the window starts and thus bends in (which means the top bends out in the shut position).

Basically, you place a short piece of 2" X 4" in the center of the door and hold in the bottom while someone pushes in the top to bend it back into place.  I've done it several times.  There is also some messages on how to make a second stop for the top of the door which prevents it from bending in the first place.  I've finally done this also and have had no further problems.

Good luck

Gus Weber
Re: Sprung (Twisted) side entry door frame - to Gus Weber
Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66455
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Has anyone experienced a sprung door frame that surrounds the
swing out door??

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Ed:

There are several messages addressing this if you run a search.
It is because wind slams the door open against the stop, and the door is weakest where the window starts and thus bends in (which means the top bends out in the shut position).

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Basically, you place a short piece of 2" X 4" in the center of the door and hold in the bottom while someone pushes in the top to
bend it back into place.  I've done it several times.  There is also some messages on how to make a second stop for the top of the door which prevents it from bending in the first place.  I've finally done this also and have had no further problems.

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Good luck

Gus Weber
Gus, you get the LifeWithALazyDazeRV good samaritan award for having repeated the remedy for a sprung door at least forty 'leven times without complaining.

Chris
Formerly: 2002 30' IB
Re: Sprung (Twisted) side entry door frame on a MB 26.5 LD???
Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66456
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"Basically, you place a short piece of 2" X 4" in the center of the door and hold in the bottom while someone pushes in the top to bend it back into place.  I've done it several times."
Ed, If that is the problem, there is also a preventative measure you may be able to take. I put a door stop, matching the door clip post, with a rubber stopper, on the side of the coach, at the top of door.
If the wind catches the door, it hits the door stop at the same time the catch hits the post.
I have a RB and don't know how it might work on other models. Take a look at the photos, "Door Stop" At least it is easy and cheap to do.

Chris Hunter
Long Beach, CA
Re: Sprung (Twisted) side entry door frame on a MB 26.5 LD???
Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66508
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Has anyone experienced a sprung door frame that surrounds the swing out door??

Ed:

There are several messages addressing this if you run a search.  It
is because wind slams the door open against the stop, and the door is weakest where the window starts and thus bends in (which means the top bends out in the shut position).
[snip] Gus Weber
 Gus, I'm not Ed, but the way I read his message, he was referring to the FRAME of the door, not the door itself.  Your fix for the door being bent is right on, but I don't know how you'd handle the frame being bent.  It is attached to the body of the LD, after all.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Sharon N.
 
Re: Sprung (Twisted) side entry door frame on a MB 26.5 LD???
Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 66519
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Has anyone experienced a sprung door frame that surrounds the swing out door??

Ed:

There are several messages addressing this if you run a search.
It is because wind slams the door open against the stop, and the door is weakest where the window starts and thus bends in (which means the top bends out in the shut position).
[snip] Gus Weber

Gus, I'm not Ed, but the way I read his message, he was referring to the FRAME of the door, not the door itself.  Your fix for the door being bent is right on, but I don't know how you'd handle the frame being bent.  It is attached to the body of the LD, after all.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Sharon N.
If the info didn't help Ed it sure helped me.  I have been watching my door bend progressively outward and figured it was a defective door. My prior MH never did it, and I wouldn't have thought the wind could do it. I was afraid to attempt to straighten it for fear of shattering the glass so far from the factory. Since I'm not the first I'll attempt the correction. This site is great!

Don Howe, 2002 MB, Long Island
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