Hinge broke on Norcold refer

[ChuckNewman]

'08 Jayco Eagle with Norcold N811. Fridge door fell recently. Bottom hinge hole in plastic door had broken off. We brought it to a Norcold authorized dealer and they did a great repair job of reattaching the piece surrounding it with support metal, pop-riveting, and using JBWeld. They removed the heavy door panel and have ordered new plexiglass panels as replacements, for fridge and freezer.
Norcold recognizes that their door will not hold up and offers a $40 support fix to correct their design flaw. At your cost, of course. This can only be used to help prevent a break, not to fix it if already broken.
HAD WE KNOWN of this possibility we would have not put heavy bottles, etc. in the door pockets, and would have removed the heavy wood panels before.
Another thing we will do now is to tuck a support (rubber shelf liner) under the crack of the door when traveling, to keep the door from bouncing.

[billyb]

try making a little mini ramp out of a piece of nylon to glue on the bottom of the door opening at the edge where the door opens. then when the door closes ,it will ride up the ramp a little and sit on the ramp and take the weight off the door.

[Kayjulia]

Originally Posted by Lily

hi gang.

we just arrived after our first trip with our new Simba, 2008

It was great, good times with our grandsons

but---------- we have a door problem with the norcold fridge. Big problem

so, after we arrived home, I rush here to see if somebody else, had the same problem

surprise.............. we are not alone

the door fridge stay in my husband hands, after our first day

the low locks was broken, and I remember earing a bad noice while on the road. Road in Quebec are..........

My husband fix the door, with a fixture. Ouffffff he is a genius,

I will continu reading this topic, to see what other members have to say about the same problem

If you want, I can take a picture and show you how my husband fix that door.

it is fix but it is not new anymore.

we decided to leave it like that, it is working fine, for the time being

maybe we will buy a new fridge, but are looking into it

have a great summer to all

Now, I will be chearching for best RV parks in Florida for next winter.
No more snow for us,

Thanks again for a great forum and web site

PS==sorry for my poor english, cannot have everything in live,

Votre anglais est bien meilleur que mon français Bienvenue sur le forum et j'espère que vous trouverez un joli parc en Floride pour l'hiver ouce:

Your english is good enough welcome to the forum and I hope you find a nice park in florida for the winter