03-08-2015, 08:16 AM
Hey guys: thanks for your perspectives, I'll respond to each below.My real question right now is what do I have to do with the door handle and trim around it so that I can remove the interior door panel. I've removed the screws that hold the trim cover around the door handle and yet nothing budges, I must be missing something and I don't want to break anything unnecessarily.
Steve: the delamination is the exterior skin pulling away from the aluminum channels that make up the framing of the door. For whatever reason the two sided 3M tape used to originally attach the skin to the frame is separating from one side or the other of the bond. Thanks for the heads up on WEST system epoxy, I've spent a lot of time with the stuff on a wood sailboat I used to own and my kids claimed I could fix anything with the stuff. It fixed just about everything except my marriage, that's how flexible their stuff is. If I were home I very might well make a withdrawal from my WEST stocks in service of the repair.
Larry: Thank goodness I'm not in Michigan at the moment, and for lots of past moments this winter. The bond on the door to the skin along the hinge side is blocked by the hinge standing proud to the door. There are two ways to get at this bond, either remove the door from the hinge and work from the outside, or leave the door attached to the hinge and remove the interior panel covering of the door and work from the inside. I was thinking I would like to keep the door on the hinge if possible so removing the interior panel is necessary to do the repair. My plan is to gradually work my way into this project until it is clear what ultimate approach will work best. I will post all that I do. I thought getting the interior panel off would be easy, but how to get if off remains a mystery to me. If getting the interior panel off is too demanding I'll just work from the outside and have to remove the door.
Question Larry: how long did you leave the clamps on before the door was again useable? I would like to minimize the time the door is completely out of service since we are in a campground that frowns on repairs being done on the site.
Steve: the delamination is the exterior skin pulling away from the aluminum channels that make up the framing of the door. For whatever reason the two sided 3M tape used to originally attach the skin to the frame is separating from one side or the other of the bond. Thanks for the heads up on WEST system epoxy, I've spent a lot of time with the stuff on a wood sailboat I used to own and my kids claimed I could fix anything with the stuff. It fixed just about everything except my marriage, that's how flexible their stuff is. If I were home I very might well make a withdrawal from my WEST stocks in service of the repair.
Larry: Thank goodness I'm not in Michigan at the moment, and for lots of past moments this winter. The bond on the door to the skin along the hinge side is blocked by the hinge standing proud to the door. There are two ways to get at this bond, either remove the door from the hinge and work from the outside, or leave the door attached to the hinge and remove the interior panel covering of the door and work from the inside. I was thinking I would like to keep the door on the hinge if possible so removing the interior panel is necessary to do the repair. My plan is to gradually work my way into this project until it is clear what ultimate approach will work best. I will post all that I do. I thought getting the interior panel off would be easy, but how to get if off remains a mystery to me. If getting the interior panel off is too demanding I'll just work from the outside and have to remove the door.
Question Larry: how long did you leave the clamps on before the door was again useable? I would like to minimize the time the door is completely out of service since we are in a campground that frowns on repairs being done on the site.
Jon Kabbe
1993 coach 337 with Civic towed