Re: [SilverStreak] pot metal hinges

["Eddie" <Eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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