stiff door

[engelside]

The hab door on our Mirage 5000 has gone very stiff. Tried a bit of silicon spray on the hinges but that hasn't made any difference. I can't work out why it has suddenly gone like this as it is is sat on the drive like it has been since we bought last year. Presumably some sort of grease is the answer but it looks quite difficult to get any grease into the hinges.

 

[pappajohn]

Nothing will work long term.
Plastic Bush and steel pin.... The plastic swells and nips the pin.
Eventually it will start to move the door edge.
Replacement is the only real cure.

 

[68c]

Same happened to my old Swift Sundance. I think the plastic hinge bearing in the alloy hinge expands with age making the hinge stiff. My solution was to remove the hinge, drill the plastic bearing a fraction bigger and refit. Worked well although we then found the door would swing in the wind so had to fit a new 'open' latch. Simple enough except the hinges were pop rivetted on, shame they were not screwed on.

 

[engelside]

Nothing will work long term.
Plastic Bush and steel pin.... The plastic swells and nips the pin.
Eventually it will start to move the door edge.
Replacement is the real cure.

Oh thanks. Easy parts to source (2004 Mirage 5000)?

 

[pappajohn]

They won't be specific to your van, they will be used by many converters.

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[pappajohn]

My solution was to remove the hinge, drill the plastic bearing a fraction bigger and refit.

I was going to suggest that but by the time you removed the hinges you may as well fit new.

 

[MikeD]

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[engelside]

These are the hinge types. Can't quite work out why there are rivets and screws!

 

[pappajohn]

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These are the hinge types. Can't quite work out why there are rivets and screws!

Already had a partial repair.
The part with 4 screws has either been removed and refitted or renewed.
The other screws will be an attempt at strengthening it.
The aluminium frame is so thin screws will be useless hence the rivets.

 

[Zains Pops]

I had similar problem with locker doors. Remedy was to take off the door, remove hinge, disassemble hinge in workshop, using copious quantities of penetration oil, then once apart rub down hinge pin with fine emery, then reassemble using copper grease. Seemed to work ok, locker still ok 4 years on. Replacement hinges for mine were quoted at £25 each (robbery rates) so a bit of homespun solution required.

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