| [GMCnet] Interior Door De-Laminating... [message #111568] |
Mon, 10 January 2011 17:12  |
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Hi List,
I had an interesting experience this weekend while out in the coach. The closet door on my 77 Palm Beach came apart. The metal frame that apparently holds the door together started coming out from between the two sheets of laminate in the door. I was going to take it off the hinges and stow it until I got home but I couldn't see a way to get at the screws (without being able to open it past where it will hit the bed.)
I tried different ways of holding it together, but it came apart pretty fast so I went after it with panel bond adhesive and a couple of screws. That panel bond is pretty serious stuff and seems to hold but I set the door a little too high and now it hits the light in the hallway.
Can someone tell me how to take that door off?
What do you suggest for getting another door or finding a matching laminate to recover my door if I rebuilt it?
I can see the door to the head starting to lose it's outer cover. What are you guys doing to stop the damage?
Thanks,
Desmond
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interior Door De-Laminating... [message #111570 is a reply to message #111568] |
Mon, 10 January 2011 17:16  |
Chr$
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Squeeze it all together and put screws in the areas that are popping out. Like at the top where the two alum places meet.
-Chr$: Perpetual SmartAss
Scottsdale, AZ
77 Ex-Kingsley 455 SOLD!
2010 Nomad 24 Ft TT 390W PV W/MPPT, EV4010 and custom cargo door.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interior Door De-Laminating... [message #111580 is a reply to message #111568] |
Mon, 10 January 2011 17:57 |
rallymaster
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GMC closet and bathroom door removal
Use a ratchetting offset Phillips screwdriver. They're about $10 - $15
at Harbor Freight. Real hardware stores have them also. They come with
removable Phillips, straight, etc. bits.
It's still a PITA, but it works. One person can remove the door. Bigger
PITA to re-install the door. That takes a minimum of 4 hands and two
mouths (for all the cuss words).
RonC
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:12:03 -0800 Desmond <980@opg.org> writes:
> Hi List,
<SNIP>
I was going to take
> it off the hinges and stow it until I got home but I couldn't see a
> way to get at the screws (without being able to open it past where
> it will hit the bed.)
>
> Can someone tell me how to take that door off?
>
> What do you suggest for getting another door or finding a matching
> laminate to recover my door if I rebuilt it?
>
> I can see the door to the head starting to lose it's outer cover.
> What are you guys doing to stop the damage?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Desmond
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1978 Eleganza II
North Plains, ORYGUN
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| Re: [GMCnet] Interior Door De-Laminating... [message #111612 is a reply to message #111568] |
Mon, 10 January 2011 20:48 |
Kosier
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Hi Desmond,
I've got an extra closet door. Oddly enough, it came off our 77
Palm Beach.
Unfortunately, I'm in Ohio and your in Kalifornia. Not practical
to ship and
I doubt if anyone is going that way this time of the year.
Surely, someone
out there should have one. Keep asking. Lots of luck.
Gary Kosier
77EII & 77PB
Newark, Ohio
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 6:12 PM
Subject: [GMCnet] Interior Door De-Laminating...
> Hi List,
>
> I had an interesting experience this weekend while out in the
> coach. The closet door on my 77 Palm Beach came apart. The
> metal frame that apparently holds the door together started
> coming out from between the two sheets of laminate in the door.
> I was going to take it off the hinges and stow it until I got
> home but I couldn't see a way to get at the screws (without
> being able to open it past where it will hit the bed.)
>
> I tried different ways of holding it together, but it came
> apart pretty fast so I went after it with panel bond adhesive
> and a couple of screws. That panel bond is pretty serious
> stuff and seems to hold but I set the door a little too high
> and now it hits the light in the hallway.
>
> Can someone tell me how to take that door off?
>
> What do you suggest for getting another door or finding a
> matching laminate to recover my door if I rebuilt it?
>
> I can see the door to the head starting to lose it's outer
> cover. What are you guys doing to stop the damage?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Desmond
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> List Information and Subscription Options:
> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
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