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01-19-2013, 06:47 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2007 27' Safari FB SE
Rancho Murieta
, California
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 249
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Accordion Doors
I am looking to simply find the white pin that the accordian door connects to. Tried Out of Doors Mart with no luck. Is this an airstream item or is this something that can be found elsewhere?
Thanks!
Ronman
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01-19-2013, 08:00 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2009 19' International
St Simons Island
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 37
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Would love to know if you find this part. I also tried Out of Doors Mart with no luck. Seems the weight of the accordion door causes that white pin to break when traveling.
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01-19-2013, 09:29 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2007 27' Safari FB SE
Rancho Murieta
, California
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 249
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Pdozanne,
I am Determined to find a replacement. We do not close the accordians during travel but it would make sense that the pins would not hold up. I am missing one! I'm on a quest! I'll keep you posted as I progress.
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01-19-2013, 09:49 PM
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Site Team
1974 31' Sovereign
Ottawa
, ON
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 11,219
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On our trailer, if we leave the accordian doors open, I get a little bit of a view of what's behind the trailer.
I won't give it up, which I guess is why I never noticed that the pins break when travelling.
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01-19-2013, 10:06 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2005 25' International CCD
Glendale
, California
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 224
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My door the little plastic piece that holds the end, in the track, broke .Looks like it is riveted in . I think it is from the weight of end piece of curtain , anyone have same problem & fix.
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01-20-2013, 03:28 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2009 19' International
St Simons Island
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 37
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@Silverbacksurfer -
That's exactly the problem we have. The weight of the end piece of the curtain broke off the riveted piece that holds it in. We're assuming it was from bumps in the road while traveling. We always keep the door open when traveling.
Anyone know where to get this riveted piece? One AS dealer told us we would have to buy a whole new curtain ... $130 approx. Not the solution we were looking for.
A&D
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01-20-2013, 05:02 PM
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#7
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3 Rivet Member
2015 27' Flying Cloud
2011 30' International
mooresburg
, Tennessee
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 206
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I will watch this , I have one broken also. I was going to check the factory, has anyone checked with them?
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01-21-2013, 11:54 AM
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3 Rivet Member
2005 25' International CCD
Glendale
, California
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 224
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It is obviously a design flaw the small little " T " piece cannot support the weight of end piece of the curtain , especially going down the road . I sure there a lot more victims of this bad design. keep the thread going other members will read about the problem maybe someone will have a solution . A call to factory would be a good idea.
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10-16-2018, 11:42 AM
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1 Rivet Member
Murfreesboro
, Tennessee
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 10
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Any update, I have the same problem. Front piece of door hanging down because little plastic riveted piece broke from track.
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10-17-2018, 10:48 PM
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#10
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3 Rivet Member
2007 27' Safari FB SE
Rancho Murieta
, California
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 249
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Our AS dealer made it happen. Don’t ask, don’t tell.
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10-18-2018, 09:34 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 23' International
Hurst
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,495
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While I had our accordion door off for another project, I noticed that the little plastic "nail head" pin on the outside edge of the door was badly deformed and would certainly fail in the future... perhaps the near future.
My "fix" was to make a new part from HMW polyethylene (think white plastic cutting board). A couple of quick measurements and a few minutes on the table saw, and I had a fix-for-eternity. It took longer to drill-pry-coax-cuss the old part from the door than to replace with my new one.
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10-18-2018, 11:34 AM
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Rivet Master
2014 23' International
Hurst
, Texas
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,495
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vol_bambi
Any update, I have the same problem. Front piece of door hanging down because little plastic riveted piece broke from track.
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It's not all that hard to just make a new one yourself... see previous post, above.
Rob
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