How To Fix a Hard Shutting RV Door: 2 Easy Adjustments for an Effortless Open & Close 

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Finally found somebody that talks about the strike plate & other issues. Installing the lock is the easy pat. Finetuning takes some kno

Pay attention Lippert. You need to hire this guy.

I watched this, went to trailer, looked at my door and saw the described scratches. I flattened and adjusted the plate, and it works flawlessly. I have mentioned this when I picked up the trailer and they made no improvement! Thanks so much for this simple fix!

Literally watched this an hour ago, went out to the trailer, flattened out my plate, and what a difference!! Why to they raise these plates to begin with?

My hubby thought of this last year and it really does work.

Thank you so much for this!!! I just fixed my door latch with your help!!!

Great information ross thanks👍

Great advice! I’ve never owned an RV that I didn’t have to make adjustments to the door. I’ve even had to use the 2x4 method to straighten a door. 😂

Ross, I followed your previous suggestion regarding T9 and that product is amazing. Thanks for the great content.

Thank you so much. My camper door was pulling open with the deadbolt engaged and miving the stricker plate was all it took. 3 sleepless nights later. God bless you!

I get to break out the hammer and hit things??? YEEEESSSS!!!!

Helpful and succinct. Thank you!

Hello, thanks for the video, I have the same problem, this simplified the fix for me.tank you again 👍👍👍👍.DG from Fort Lauderdale.Florida

This is so great. I really appreciate how you get to it explaining the steps.

Great job as usual. You are the bomb of DIY. Keeping it understandable at a 5th grade level 👌 Time to go full time 😉🤙

Thanks for your video. You save me some headaches. Just needed to readjust the strike plate.

This helped my family so much omg. Thank you for saving us!!!

Great information Ross, My dad has to practically slam his door to get it to latch. Im going to pass this on to him to do,(which he'll have me do). Keep up the great content! 👍

Lubricating the latch did it for us -- from virtually impossible to close the door from inside to fairly easy (seals still need to be compressed so a little force is required when pulling it closed). Thanks for an excellent video.

Thank you!

Good tips. Thank you.

Great video. Excellent content and very well done.

Brilliant my man!

I used a rivet instead of screws to secure the strike plate. That worked and lasted a lot longer.

Dude you saved me a lot of headache. Thanks!

I went through a lot of these and what finally worked for me was disassembling my keyless RVlock, removing the spring for the latch bolt, and cutting 1/4-1/2 inch off. Then I stretched it back out to the original length. Door closure is smooth as butter now.

Awesome video! Ours has been causing issues all summer. Will try the plate tricks and if it is the hinges I will hope you do a video in that as well!

I’m going to check out my strike plate now, and see if that is the issue. Thanks!

Fixed!

During our last camp out, one of our neighbors had a similar issue. After looking at it and thinking about it for about a half day. We realized that the neighbor has cranked the rear (door side) stabilizer so far down that it pushed the door off. We retracted the stabilizer and extended it carefully until the door closed easily.

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Great info. I need to make my door easier to close. I've done what you suggested and the door closes better but just not good enough yet. From what I can see when the door is closed it seals flush at the bottom but not at the top. I may have an alignment issue as well. I was going to give it the old piece of wood trick, put a piece of wood in the bottom of the door and push the door at the top just to make things straighter.

This is a well done video! It's to the point. It's absolutely maddening watching 8 minutes of incoherent rambling on some introduction. If I'm watching a video, I already know why. 😂 Anyway, again, well done.

Good video! More door closes perfectly... but the screen door on the other hand has never latched. It's like the latch is far enough towards the bore to engage.

Hey Ross, Thank you so much for all the work you put into these extremely helpful videos. I came here because our door was quickly becoming harder and harder to shut. The faceplate and strike plate have HUGE gouges in them. After watching this video, I noticed that it's actually the dome head of the screws of the strike plate that are scraping the faceplate. I tried tightening them down to see if they had just worked themselves loose only to find the bottom screw just spins in place, so the hole in the metal frame is stripped. I watched your "stripped screws" video but not sure how to solve this with the hole being in the metal frame other than to get a larger screw. I'm also thinking about getting flat instead of pan head screws. Any advice? Thank you!

Great video but my problem with our door not shutting properly is a stripped screw on the strike plate which causes it to move what do you recommend to do for that thanks for all your great videos

Great video! Would you happen to have one on bent door hinges? Our RV door was stuck and we are unable to close the door. I think it could be because of the heat. Does that make sense? Any information is greatly appreciated.

Nice video. My question is what is a good fix for a door latch that has been stripped out after a break in. No place for screws to go even after using max size for plate?

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QUESTION; I’ve built and repaired homes, etc, all my life. Is the door on an rv made differently, as in bowed a little towards the middle? I think it’s part of the design to keep pressure on the seals, thanks

Hello! What recommendation for lubricant on schwintek slides? I understand to never spray lubricant on the tracks themselves. But there are rollers and flat steel tracks under the slides that may need lubrication. Story: I had a rubbing sound coming from the DS slide, took the class-a in for service and the tech said to lubricate the rollers/steel band under the slide. After doing this, We still hear the rubbing sound. p.s. slide motors are synched and is flat to the outside of the motorhome (no gaps, the slide does tend to walk out a bit at the bottom but techs are clueless about this).

How do you fix a stripped top screw hole?

Great video but you want some slight pressure from the seals. That keeps it draft, weather, and insect resistant.

Did you happen to make another video about inspecting and adjusting the hinges? I did these steps but my door is still hitting the frame as if the frame is too small. I do construction and have installed and shimmed many home doors but this one has me stumped

any tips for the stupid glass doors on the Cherokee Grey Wolf models, specifically the 26DBH. Both doors have to forcefully shoved closed in order to get them to latch. So much so, that my kids can't really close them all the way. Even worse, one door won't stay latched closed while we travel. If it wasn't for the deadbolt it would swing open every time we drive.

Where did you get the yellow spray nozzle for the Boeshield T9? I can't find it anywhere with the yellow nozzle?

We have a travel trailer Avenger that when the main door is shut on the top does not close tight so you can see daylight the screen door has no problem we do have stowaway steps and was told this was normal. Is this caused by the steps or is it bent hinges and how do we know?

Quick question: You mention moving the striker plate "out" (away from the RV) if the handle is hard to open. However, on my Alliance Fifth Wheel, the striker plate is already as far "out" (or left, looking at it) as it can go. Because of that recessed part (which is pushing up against the cut out in the RV body), it can't move "out" any more. Any ideas on this? Thanks.

I wish your help and advice could help what Forest River did to my door. But you need a decent hole in the rv to get a working door....

issue with ;pcked door opening while moving. thank goodness the handrail was across it and prevented it from swinning completely open. 2020 micro minnie winnie. how to trouble shoot?

I have a problem with with my hinges, I can see daylight through that side of the door and I noticed three of my screws are broken on the hinges themselves, do you have a video that might help me?

What about when inside or outside i have to open the door handle and press/pull to get the door latched. I bought it new took it in for them to fix they did nothing still has issues.

How do I fix the door deadbolt hitting below the bore and strike plate. Ive leveled and re-leveled and it won’t ever align. Also the huge gap at top.

Great suggestions. My door closes fine when the steps are up but no matter how I angle them you always have to slam the door to get it to latch. I think my door is misaligned from the factory.

What can I do to my RV door to stop it from flapping at the top while traveling? The door opens and closes easily and with no issues.

So problem I'm having is at storage the doors close easy but when I get to my location and level it the doors then get hard to close. Any suggestions?

Do you have any info on adjusting a screen door? I’ve tighten the screws, but still won’t sit right. Hits the striker plate 🥴

I went to change the lock on our new 5th wheel and it seems the striker plate can only be installed backwards. When installed correctly as you showed it will not latch. Am i at risk by leaving it this way? Don't want to get myself locked out.

My door closes great hard to lock it from inside have to lift up hard on the door to lock it ?

It’s so frustrating when you buy a brand new camper and the latches hit the door, and my second door at the bedroom, the deadbolt doesn’t close fully. I know I can fix it, but helps to see how it has all been done successfully before. Thanks

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I am having a problem with the screen door hook that catches the exterior door. I have adjusted the black catch plate on the exterior door to see if it helps but it doesn't. When I open the exterior door, you have to pull hard for it to release the the screen door. The screen door stays closed while the exterior door opens. I'm not sure I am explaining this correctly. Basically every time I open the exterior door, I feel like the plastic screen handle will eventually break.

So my door doesn't have this problem in the summer (heat) only in the winter when it gets really cold (20*f and lower) what could be the problem/fix

I must have an unusual case because my RV door itself seems "warped". Or the hinges are bent... or something. In order to close the door I have to insert a flathead screwdriver in the bottom of the frame and lift the door up as I'm pushing the latch closed. It's impossible to close the door from the inside and must sit ajar while sleeping. Grrrrr.

This obviously helps with the latching but the friction hinges are ridiculously tight.

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Use silicone spray on complete door frame. This will fix 99 percent of the door closing problems!

Flattening the strike plate may make the door close easier, but we have an issue that the latch comes out of the strike plate from heat expansion and contraction and traveling down the road. Moving the strike plate further away from the door will make that problem worse rather than better. The deadbolt keeps the door closed, but the seals don't keep all water out of the door if the seal is not compressed.

Thanks for the tips but can i bring up the elephant in the room ? Is that Big ben on your wrist? ⌚

Mine is opposite keeps comming open in winter

what if my door is hella bowed in the middle now? that isn't gonna get fixed from any video I've seen

My father always said a Happy Medium was a drunk gypsy

doors are all warped from the factory no matter what, bowed in the middle havent seen a flat one yet

If the door closed fine when you first purchased and after a year or two it starts to hit the strike plate, you have issues with the door hinges. Doing this only gives a quick fix because the door will continue to move. Get the door fixed properly.

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