Ripsnort
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Just moved my motorhome to the front yard from the RV garage in prep for 12 hours of shooting football tomorrow. It's gusty here in the PNW, and the wind just blew the gate closed enough to catch the passenger side mirror and RIP it completely out of the door as I moved forward, and breaking the gate to boot (that's an easy fix though....)
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Suggestions for places that make such fixes? It literally ripped the screws (3) right out of the door, as well as the stablizing bar below. 
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jauguston
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Your wind is up here now!
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jauguston wrote:Your wind is up here now!
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We are really windy over on the East Side
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skipnchar
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Most any body shop should be able to make the repair.
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I'd also invest in something to hold the gates open next time....which I'm sure you will.
I agree...a body shop should be able to fix it quite quickly...depending on just how much damage there is. At the very worst, you'd have to get a new door, which I doubt!
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Too late for this advise, but I made nylon ropes with hooks on each end that I attach to the gates and the fence to keep the gates open when going on or off my pad. We have strong south winds almost always here in Texas and the gate opens in to the south wind. Works well and keeps lumber off the coach.
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Roadfrog
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What I would do is just screw the mirors back in with screws that are one size bigger, (ie if they're a #8, go to a #6). Also, you could fill the holes with some bondo, putty or epoxy and reseat the screws after it dries. This should be a really easy fix.
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Ripsnort
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Oh gawd...Body $$$$hop. The 8 letters dreaded by many Americans when they forget to have a gate latch in place.
Considering I'm a project manager, I've got my Lessons Learned log started.
I'm certain that will be about $500 min.
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Ripsnort
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Roadfrog wrote:What I would do is just screw the mirors back in with screws that are one size bigger, (ie if they're a #8, go to a #6). Also, you could fill the holes with some bondo, putty or epoxy and reseat the screws after it dries. This should be a really easy fix.
Not a bad idea! Only, I don't trust bondo to hold a 3 lb mirror held by 3 screws in place at 55 mph.
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pondputz
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If the door is not damaged too much, and you want to repair the stripped holes to re-mount the mirror assembly.
I have used a product called nutsert, they come in various thread sizes and can be installed with bolt, threaded rod and compress the blind side on the interior of the door (link to animation)
The other way would be to remove the door panel and install bolts (through the mirror bracket through the door panel) with nuts and washers on the instde of the door.
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