After driving from Mississippi to Ontario in early March - highway all the way - we found that a major piece of interior trim had detached itself (already reported that elsewhere here).
I didn't report at the time that one of the cabinet doors at the rear of the trailer was also slightly open and sagging inches out of position. The upper hinge was pulled out of the frame so the door was held up only by its lower hinge. It had obviously bounced around and damaged the cabinetry, but it was still hanging on by that lower hinge.
The door has a large glass insert - pretty heavy. I guessed that it popped open and the screw holding the upper hinge to the frame - there's only one - had pulled out of the cheap wood. However on finally looking at it today I found the top 3/16" of that screw lying on the cabinet floor. It just snapped off! Pure junk!
I have to replace the bent odd-ball lower hinge - two big hardware stores so far didn't carry it. I also have to remove most of the broken screw embedded in the frame (how?) so I can install another one, and I'm thinking I SHOULD replace all of the hinge screws in the cabinet doors before another one decides to just pop off. I'm inclined to replace them with real steel screws that won't snap off just because the trailer is moving down the road.
Any advice appreciated.
I didn't report at the time that one of the cabinet doors at the rear of the trailer was also slightly open and sagging inches out of position. The upper hinge was pulled out of the frame so the door was held up only by its lower hinge. It had obviously bounced around and damaged the cabinetry, but it was still hanging on by that lower hinge.
The door has a large glass insert - pretty heavy. I guessed that it popped open and the screw holding the upper hinge to the frame - there's only one - had pulled out of the cheap wood. However on finally looking at it today I found the top 3/16" of that screw lying on the cabinet floor. It just snapped off! Pure junk!
I have to replace the bent odd-ball lower hinge - two big hardware stores so far didn't carry it. I also have to remove most of the broken screw embedded in the frame (how?) so I can install another one, and I'm thinking I SHOULD replace all of the hinge screws in the cabinet doors before another one decides to just pop off. I'm inclined to replace them with real steel screws that won't snap off just because the trailer is moving down the road.
Any advice appreciated.
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