The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] pot metal hinges
JD, As we have learned, most coaches reveal factory holes under the 4" wide pot metal hinge, when doing a replacement. Those holes are for the too-small foot print hinge you have. All Silver Streaks initially came out with the steel smaller hinge. Immediately SS learned the small 4 hole steel hinge would tear itself out of the body and doors. This door-in-door is nice, but heavier. So they needed more surface mount area hinge. The pot metal hinge was born. It worked. It had 8 holes, not 4 where it mounts to the body. The whole thing is twice as wide and spreads the load on the body and the 2 doors. Immediately SS discovered the hinge would fail. No cast aluminum or pot metal was going to flex. It would break. New coaches included a spare hinge set and 3/16" pop rivets. People had no idea this wasn't just generosity, but SS's knowing the hinge was going to fail. That is why they gave it away. This problem never resolved. The hinge was always replaced for free by SS right up until the day they closed. You just happen to have one that came with steel hinges. If you never tow it, or seldom tow it, you don't need this hinge. If your not towing, the door won't get lost on the highway. It'll be on the ground nest to the trailer. -Eddie- Houston, TX
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