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Title: Adjusting basement door retainer blocks?
Post by: Jeffrey Antonelli on March 12, 2022, 06:38:43 PM: Hello everyone,

I recently had my set bay door hinge separate from the basement door on my 1996 Patriot. A friend who owns a body shop used an expensive auto bonding glue to put it back together plus a couple of spot welds.

Issue with now have, and not just for the wet bay door, are that the black plastic retainer blocks that screw into the top next to the hinge are broken from age and previous owners over tightening. First, is there a source to buy these in the right size? I emailed BCS but got no reply. Second, many of my basement doors slide right and left, causing paint chipping when closing when one door starts closing onto the door next to it. I am guessing this is due to missing and broken retraining blocks.

I tried cutting new ones with a jig saw from leftover starboard marine board I used to remake the wet bay panel on the suggestion of Eric Maclean. But without a jig I can’t make it precisely and when I screwed in the replacement retainer blocks I made the newly repaired wet bay door slid to the side and was hard to close. I applied more pressure thinking it was a stubborn latch but think I partially broke the newly repaired hinge! Dear lord Thank want this fix this right, and fix all the basement doors so they do not slide left to right and cause more and more problems.

Thanks in advance to you wise and skilled teachers here.

Jeff Antonelli
Title: Re: Adjusting basement door retainer blocks?
Post by: Jeffrey Antonelli on March 18, 2022, 02:29:04 PM: Did everyone who has upswinging basement doors age out of this group?

I would think I’m not the only one with basement doors that are sliding left or right, hitting and chipping the doors next to them.

If I find a great solution I’ll plan on posting so someone else in the future can find it.
Title: Re: Adjusting basement door retainer blocks?
Post by: Bill Lampkin on March 18, 2022, 02:41:10 PM: https://beaveramb.org/forum/index.php/topic,11026.msg74704.html#msg74704
Title: Re: Adjusting basement door retainer blocks?
Post by: Gene Obie on March 22, 2022, 04:35:47 AM: Jeffrey, funny you should mention this. I have broken one of the 2 white retainers and the black centering spacer trying to remove rusted screws. If you go to revparts and search for "storage door spacer" or "stop" you might find what you need. The attached looks like the right one for my coach so I ordered several as they are partial broken on my other swing up doors as well.

https://revrvparts.com/item-detail?itemId=27945&organizationId=9

For the rectangular stop that keeps the door from falling out of the c-channel I've ordered some 1/4" teflon rod from Amazon and hope to fabricate what i need with my dremel.

-Gene
Title: Re: Adjusting basement door retainer blocks?
Post by: Ron Davis on March 29, 2022, 08:40:57 PM: Quote from: Jeffrey Antonelli on March 18, 2022, 02:29:04 PM
Did everyone who has upswinging basement doors age out of this group?

I would think I’m not the only one with basement doors that are sliding left or right, hitting and chipping the doors next to them.

If I find a great solution I’ll plan on posting so someone else in the future can find it.

You are not alone, my 96 is starting to show some of this wear that you describe…
Title: Re: Adjusting basement door retainer blocks?
Post by: Mark Beavin on June 24, 2022, 03:41:09 PM: Hey Jeff, mine just did this . 96 Monterey
Title: Re: Adjusting basement door retainer blocks?
Post by: Gene Obie on June 24, 2022, 07:38:16 PM: BTW, the parts I ordered in my previous post were the correct retainers for my coach. Finding those online was not easy.